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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Conradi Barrena, Mercedes
• Other Authors: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; Artotrogidae; Cryptopontius; Neobradypontius; Redescription; Sestropontius; Antarctic; Austral; Italica; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Polar Research; Copepods
• Online Access: https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/61373

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...