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First record of a rare copepod Lucicutia hulsemannae Markhaseva & Ferrari, 2005 (Calanoida, Lucicutiidae) for the South China Sea.
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Crustaceana . 2019, Vol. 92 Issue 10, p1249-1256. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The calanoid copepod Lucicutia hulsemannae Markhaseva & Ferrari, 2005 has, until now, only been recorded from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, i.e., in its description as a new species. The present study now reports L. hulsemannae for the first time from the southern basin of the South China Sea (7°59.57′N 113°0.1′E), at depths of 500-800 m. The main morphological characteristics of females of this species are: (i) Cephalosome with a pair of strong, triangular, lateral protrusions; (ii) plug of genital double-somite conical in lateral view, with swollen base; (iii) second urosomal somite significantly wider and shorter than third; (iv) inner marginal seta of second exopodal segment of fifth pereiopod (P5) thin towards its tip. This finding considerably expands the reported global distribution of L. hulsemannae , at the same time updating the checklist of copepods for Chinese waters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0011216X
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Crustaceana
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139921903
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003943