A new species of Tortanus (Atortus) (Copepoda: Calanoida: Tortanidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
Ohtsuka, S.; Conway, D.V.P. (2003). A new species of Tortanus (Atortus) (Copepoda: Calanoida: Tortanidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mauritius. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(2): 355-360. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007197h
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Marine organisms > Marine crustaceans
ISW, Mascarene I., Rodrigues I.
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Calanoida [WoRMS]; Crustacea [WoRMS]; Tortanus insularis Ohtsuka & Conway, 2003 [WoRMS]
Rodrigues Island [Marine Regions]
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- Ohtsuka, S.
- Conway, D.V.P.
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| Abstract |
A new species of the copepod genus Tortanus (Atortus) (Copepoda: Calanoida), T. (A.) insularis, is described from the coastal region of Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, an isolated island in the south-western Indian Ocean. This new species can be assigned to an Indian faunal element, the recticauda species group, in the Indo-West Pacific recticauda species complex. It exhibits the closest relationship to T. (A.) recticauda recorded from the southern Red Sea and Arabian Gulf, rather than the closer distributed T. (A.) capensis, recorded from off South Africa. |
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