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Centropages aegypticus sp. nov., a new calanoid copepod from the northern Red Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2008

Mohsen M. El-Sherbiny  and
Hiroshi Ueda
Mohsen M. El-Sherbiny*
Affiliation:
Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia-41522, Egypt
Hiroshi Ueda
Affiliation:
USA Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, 194 Inoshiri, Usa, Tosa, Kochi, 781-1164, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Mohsen M. El-Sherbiny Marine Science Department Faculty of Science, Suez Canal UniversityIsmailia-41522Egypt email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new species of calanoid copepod, Centropages aegypticus sp. nov. collected from the Egyptian coasts of the northern Red Sea is described. This species is unique in having two pointed conical processes on the dorsal surface of cephalosome in both sexes, female genital compound somite with irregular-surface outline of the right swelling part and transverse dorsolateral row of spinules on the left side, 2-segmented exopod of the female leg 5, asymmetrical medial processes of the female leg 5, of which the left one is longer and medially-curved and the right one with oblique row of thick spinules, and a club-shaped medial seta on the third exopodal segment of the male leg 5. The new species is similar to C. tenuiremis, but is not assigned to the same species group as the latter species or to any other groups.

Keywords

calanoid CopepodaCentropages aegypticusnew speciestaxonomyRed Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 69 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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