Some diagnostic characters of copepodid stages of the cyclopoid copepod Cyclopina schneideri T. Scott and adults of arctic marine Cyclopinidae

Copepodid stages I–V of the arctic marine cyclopoid copepod Cyclopina schneideri T. Scott are partly described and illustrated with emphasis on diagnostic characters. Additional morphological information is given on adults of both sexes, the only stages of the species previously portrayed. Diagnosti...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Grainger, E. H., Mohammed, A. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-333
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z91-333
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Summary:Copepodid stages I–V of the arctic marine cyclopoid copepod Cyclopina schneideri T. Scott are partly described and illustrated with emphasis on diagnostic characters. Additional morphological information is given on adults of both sexes, the only stages of the species previously portrayed. Diagnostic characters of adults are included for Cyclopina gracilis Claus, Arctocylopina pagonasta Mohammed and Neuhof, Cyclopinoides longicornis (Boeck), and Cyclopinodes elegans (T. Scott), the other species of the family Cyclopinidae reported to occur in marine waters of the Canadian Arctic.

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