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
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-c69e8756ccaa4734a09aab561e269ccb2022-12-22T01:38:10ZengSociedade Brasileira de CarcinologiaNauplius0104-64972358-29362227590S0104-64972014000200002Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião ChannelTagea Björnberg0University of São PauloThree 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972014000200002&lng=en&tlng=enharpacticoid copepodsmarine benthosse coastal brazilian littoral
spellingShingle Tagea Björnberg
Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
Nauplius
harpacticoid copepods
marine benthos
se coastal brazilian littoral
title Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
title_full Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
title_fullStr Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
title_full_unstemmed Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
title_short Three new species of benthonic Harpacticoida (Copepoda, Crustacea) from São Sebastião Channel
title_sort three new species of benthonic harpacticoida copepoda crustacea from sao sebastiao channel
topic harpacticoid copepods
marine benthos
se coastal brazilian littoral
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972014000200002&lng=en&tlng=en
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