Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel

Three benthonic Harpacticoida (Crustacea) new to science were collected in the São Sebastião Channel region (SE Coast of Brazil): Rhizotrix virginiae n.sp. (Rhizotrichidae), Galapalaophonte alvaroi n. sp. (Laophontidae) and Laophontisochra terueae n.sp. (Nannopodidae). Though similar to described sp...

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Main Author: Tagea Björnberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972014000200002&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:Three benthonic Harpacticoida (Crustacea) new to science were collected in the São Sebastião Channel region (SE Coast of Brazil): Rhizotrix virginiae n.sp. (Rhizotrichidae), Galapalaophonte alvaroi n. sp. (Laophontidae) and Laophontisochra terueae n.sp. (Nannopodidae). Though similar to described species from the NW Atlantic benthos, the Caribbean region and the Patagonian continental slope, they differ in details, such as number of leg segments and/or setae, ornaments, etc. and are here described for the first time.
ISSN:0104-6497
2358-2936