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New species of Paracalanidae along the west coast of India: Paracalanus arabiensis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Kirti Sureshchandra Kesarkar  and
Arga Chandrashekar Anil
Kirti Sureshchandra Kesarkar
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), Dona Paula, Goa, 403-004, India
Arga Chandrashekar Anil*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), Dona Paula, Goa, 403-004, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.C. Anil, Marine Corrosion and Material Research Division (MCMRD), National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula, Goa 403004 email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new species of copepod, Paracalanus arabiensis sp. nov. collected from Mandovi and Zuari estuaries, Goa, central west coast of India, is described. It differs from its congeners mainly in the structure of leg 5, with a row of six teeth along the edge of inner terminal spine resulting in a serrated margin and two small, stiff spines of equal length protrude in between the terminal spines.

Keywords

copepodParacalanidaeParacalanus arabiensisnew specieswest coast of India
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 399 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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