Naupliar development of Stephos longipes (Copepoda : Calanoida) from the annual sea ice of Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica

Six naupliar stages are described based on specimens of Stephos longipes Giesbrecht, 1902, obtained from sea ice near Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Marked differences between nauplii of Stephos longipes and Paralabidocera antarctica (I. C. Thompson, 1898) were used only to identify the two species in...

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Published in:Journal of Crustacean Biology
Main Authors: COSTANZO, Giuseppe, ZAGAMI, Giacomo, CRESCENTI, Nunzio, GRANATA, Antonia
Other Authors: Costanzo, Giuseppe, Zagami, Giacomo, Crescenti, Nunzio, Granata, Antonia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Calanoida
Copepoda
Furcifer
Harpacticus
Harpacticus furcifer
Invertebrata
Paralabidocera antarctica
Stephos longipes
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Copepods
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11570/1891391
https://doi.org/10.1163/20021975-99990297
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Summary:Six naupliar stages are described based on specimens of Stephos longipes Giesbrecht, 1902, obtained from sea ice near Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Marked differences between nauplii of Stephos longipes and Paralabidocera antarctica (I. C. Thompson, 1898) were used only to identify the two species in the samples. The copepods Stephos longipes and Harpacticus furcifer Giesbrecht, 1902, accounted for more than 90% of sympagic communities in the annual sea ice at Terra Nova Bay.

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