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A new species of Centropages (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the neritic waters of Sharm El-Sheikh, the Red Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

Mohsen M. El-Sherbiny
Mohsen M. El-Sherbiny*
Affiliation:
Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia-41522, Egypt
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.M. El-Sherbiny, Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia-41522, Egypt email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new species of calanoid copepod, Centropages uedai sp. nov., is described from the neritic waters of the northern Red Sea. This species is characterized by: (1) symmetry of a globular female genital double-somite that is ornamented with an anterior irregular group of spinules as well as transverse and dorsolateral rows of spinules on each side; (2) second exopodal segment of female leg 5 bearing a strong trough medial process serrated along the distal 4/5 of its posterior margin; (3) second exopodal segment of male right leg 5 serrated laterally along distal 1/5 of its medial process; (4) third exopodal segment of male right leg 5 with medial seta bifurcated at its tip and with hyaline ridge on both sides; and (5) second exopodal segment of male right leg 4 asymmetrical with undulating, thicker and longer lateral spine than left leg. The new species does not belong to any known species groups of the genus.

Keywords

Centropages uedaicopepodsnew speciesnorthern Red Sea
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Special Issue 2: Biodiversity and Taxonomy , March 2011 , pp. 479 - 484
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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