Red Pigmentation Can Be Used to Reliably Distinguish Between Live Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis Females in the Fram Strait

Red Pigmentation Can Be Used to Reliably Distinguish Between Live Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis Females in the Fram Strait

Copepods from the genus Calanus provide an important lipid-rich food source in the Arctic marine foodweb. Despite extensive research on Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis, accurately identifying adults to species level remains challenging due to similar morphologies. Although these species c...

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Main Authors: Penelope K. Lindeque, Isabelle Hann, Helen E. Parry, Kathryn B. Cook, Anthony J. W. Lindley, Daniel J. Mayor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
copepod
identification
barcode
molecular systematics
prosome length
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.906465/full

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