Description of Speleophria mestrovi sp. nov., a new copepod (Misophrioida) from an anchialine cave in the Adriatic Sea
In: Marine Biology Research. Taylor & Francis: Oslo; Basingstoke. ISSN 1745-1000; e-ISSN 1745-1019, more
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Croatia
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Topographic features > Landforms > Coastal landforms > Caves
Copepoda [WoRMS]; Misophrioida [WoRMS]; Speleophria mestrovi Kršinić, 2008 [WoRMS]
Adriatic Sea [Marine Regions]; Croatia [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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Adriatic Sea; anchialine caves; Copepoda; Misophrioida; Stygofauna |
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A new copepod species, Speleophria mestrovi, collected from an anchialine cave on Vis Island (Croatia) is described. This is the first report describing a misophrioid copepod, thought to be a Tethyan relict, found in an Adriatic anchialine cave. The new species is distinguished from other Speleophriids by combination of the following features: prosome is five-segmented; the urosome has five somites in females and six in male; genital double-somite is symmetrical and is slightly longer than it is wide; caudal rami are symmetrical, seta I is well developed; the antennules of both sexes are symmetrical, that of the female is 21 and of the male is 24-segmented; there is a bulb-shaped process on the first antennular segment; the antennal exopod is six-segmented; the maxillule displays 14 armature elements on the praecoxal arthrite and the basal exite is unarmed; the fifth legs are symmetrical, four-segmented and uniramous; and the distal segment in males and females is armed with three and four elements, respectively. |
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