A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia

• Main Authors: Fuentes-Reinés, Juan M., Suárez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: Biota; Animalia; Arthropoda; Copepoda; Neocopepoda; Podoplea; Harpacticoida; Ameiridae; Nitokra; Benthic copepods; brackish waters; harpacticoids; new species; northern Colombia; taxonomy; Carrasco; Morales; White Sea; Copepods
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7310039; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210

Biological samples obtained from a coastal system of northern Colombia yielded male and female specimens of an undescribed harpacticoid copepod of the diverse ameirid genus Nitokra Boeck, 1865. The new species is a member of the genus group III. We describe the new species based on adult male and fe...