Two new species of Mesochra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a coastal lagoon in Sinaloa State, Mexico
Gomez Noguera, S.E.; Fiers, F. (1997). Two new species of Mesochra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a coastal lagoon in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 67: 39-56 In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Biologie = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Bruxelles. ISSN 0374-6429, more |   |
| Keywords | Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish
Identification keys
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Water bodies > Lagoons > Coastal lagoons
Copepoda [WoRMS]; Harpacticoida [WoRMS]; Mesochra pacifica Gómez-Noguera & Fiers, 1997 [WoRMS]; Mesochra pseudoparva Gómez-Noguera & Fiers, 1997 [WoRMS]
ISE, Mexico, California Gulf [Marine Regions]; ISE, Mexico, Sinaloa [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Gomez Noguera, S.E.
- Fiers, F., more
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| Abstract | Two new species of the genus Mesochra, M. pacifica n. sp. andM. pseudoparva n. sp. are described from Ensenada del Pabellón Lagoon (southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico). Both species are considered as most closely related to M. parva Thomson 1946, although they share some features with M. sewelli Lang 1948. A particular forked structure on the male P3 endopodite of M. pseudoparva n. sp. was found and the homology of this structure is discussed. An updated key to the species in the genus is provided. |
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