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An anchialine system (/ ˈ æ ŋ k i ə l aɪ n /, from Greek ankhialos 'near the sea') is a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean.Depending on its formation, these systems can exist in one of two primary forms: pools or caves.
Branchwork caves resemble surface dendritic stream patterns; they are made up of passages that join downstream as tributaries. Branchwork caves are the most common of cave patterns and are formed near sinkholes where groundwater recharge occurs. Each passage or branch is fed by a separate recharge source and converges into other higher order ...
The Mexican blind brotula and other cave-dwelling brotulas are among the few species that live in anchialine habitats. Although many cavefish species are restricted to underground lakes, pools or rivers in actual caves, some are found in aquifers and may only be detected by humans when artificial wells are dug into this layer.
An anchialine system is a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean. Depending on its formation, these systems can exist in one of two primary forms: pools or caves. The primary differentiating characteristics between pools and caves is the availability of light; cave systems are generally aphotic while pools are ...
Dos Ojos is an anchialine cave system with connections to naturally intruding marine water and tidal influence in the cenotes. The coastal discharge point(s) of this cave system have not yet been humanly explored through to the ocean, although large volumes of groundwater were demonstrated by dye tracing to flow towards Caleta Xel-Ha , a nearby ...
Linked with these anchialine pools is a great network of caves and passages, most of them virtually unexplored. Vatulele (ringing rock) is home to Fiji's most skillful makers of tapa cloth ( masi ), rock paintings and one of the world's most exclusive resorts.
Speleophriidae is a family of copepods, comprising seven genera. [1] All are restricted to anchialine caves, with the exception of Archimisophria, which is found in the hyperbenthos of the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. [2]
The first species in this group to be described was Speleonectes lucayensis, discovered by Jill Yager while cave diving in Lucayan Caverns on the Grand Bahama Island in 1979 and described in a paper in the Journal of Crustacean Biology in 1981. The novel nature of this species was recognized and the class Remipedia was erected in the same paper.