Three artotrogids (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Mercedes Conradi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; Artotrogidae; redescription; Neobradypontius; Sestropontius; Cryptopontius; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Austral; Ross Sea; Italica; Antarc*; Polar Research; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.24135; https://doaj.org/article/bbd499c7b20246f2b6b9cc511b4803e5

The Artotrogidae, one of the most primitive of siphonostomatoid families, consists currently of 117 species in 21 genera. Most of these species (65%) are poorly or incompletely described since they have been rarely recorded in recent decades and, when encountered, have been found in very low numbers...