Pseudocyclops schminkei (Copepoda, Calanoida, Pseudocyclopidae): a new species from Okinawa

Both genders of Pseudocyclops schminkei n. sp. are described from a pearl fishery aquarium on Zamami Island, Okinawa, Japan; it is the 37th species of the genus. Pseudocyclops schminkei sp. nov. differs from other species of the magnus species group in the shape of the lobes of distal exopodal segme...

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Published in:Helgoland marine research 2010-03, Vol.64 (1), p.35-52
Main Authors: Chullasorn, Supawadee, Ferrari, Frank D, Dahms, Hans-Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic life
Calanoida
Copepoda
females
fisheries
Freshwater
males
Marine
Marine biology
new species
Pseudocyclopidae
Pseudocyclops
Pseudocyclops schminkei
swimming
Xiphophorus
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Summary:Both genders of Pseudocyclops schminkei n. sp. are described from a pearl fishery aquarium on Zamami Island, Okinawa, Japan; it is the 37th species of the genus. Pseudocyclops schminkei sp. nov. differs from other species of the magnus species group in the shape of the lobes of distal exopodal segment of the male left leg 5, and the morphology of setae on middle and distal exopodal segment of male right swimming leg 2. Aspects of the morphology of P. xiphophorus and P. bilobatus are redescribed, and an unnamed Pseudocyclops sp. from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL, is briefly noted. Females of P. schminkei sp. nov., P. xiphophorus and Pseudocyclops sp. could not be separated from each other with the small number of specimens available in this study for the former two species.
ISSN:1438-387X
1438-3888
DOI:10.1007/s10152-009-0164-9