Are taxonomy details of relevance to ecologists? An example from microcopepods of the Red Sea [PDF]
The marine microcopepod family Oncaeidae in the Red Sea has been the subject of comprehensive ecological studies over the past 15 years, providing for the first time insights into their community structure, vertical distribution and feeding ecology ...
Böttger-Schnack, Ruth +2 more
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Two New Species Belonging to the Dentipes- and Conifera-Subgroups of Triconia (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Oncaeidae) from the East China Sea [PDF]
Two new species of Triconia in Oncaeidae, including both sexes of Triconia constricta n. sp. and females of Triconia pararedacta n. sp., are described from south of Jeju Island in the East China Sea.
Böttger-Schnack, Ruth +2 more
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Taxonomy of Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) from the Red Sea. - IX. Epicalymma bulbosa sp. nov., first record of the genus from the Red Sea [PDF]
The oncaeid genus Epicalymma comprises small copepod species usually living at meso- and bathypelagic depth layers in oceanic areas. The genus had previously been assumed to be absent from the Red Sea, due to the unusually high deep-sea temperatures and ...
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Samples of meiofauna were collected with a Multicorer during the Magellan `Victor Hensen´ Campaign of RV `Victor Hensen´ in 1994 at 62 stations along the Magellan Straits and the Beagle Channel.
Kai Horst George, Horst Kurt Schminke
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New family of deep-sea planktonic copepods, the Paralubbockiidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) [PDF]
The deep-sea planktonic copepod Paralubbockia longipedia is redescribed from the type specimens, and a new family of Poecilostomatoida is proposed to accommodate it. The Paralubbockiidae fam. nov.
Boxshall, G., Huys, R.
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Marine copepods at Mo Ko Thale Tai, Gulf of Thailand [PDF]
The taxonomic composition, abundance and spatio-temporal distribution of copepods were analyzed from bimonthlyzooplankton samples collected at Mo Ko Thale-tai, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Supiyanit Maiphae1*, Phannee Sa-ardrit2
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A review of the zooplankton in Singapore waters [PDF]
24 pages, 1 figure, 2 tablesThe island of Singapore is located between 1°09'N¿1°29'N and 103°38'E¿104°06'E at the confluence of the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea.
Calbet, Albert +7 more
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Summer distribution of micro- and small mesozooplankton in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, with special reference to non-calanoid copepods [PDF]
From the Gulf of Aden along a transect to the central-northern Red Sea the abundance and taxonomic composition of metazoan plankton was studied during the southwest monsoon period (summer 1987).
Böttger-Schnack, Ruth
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Crustacea Copepoda: Amphicrossus pacificus gen. et sp. nov., an erebonasterid copepod (Poecilostomatoida) from the New Caledonian continental shelf [PDF]
A new species of Erebonasteridae, Amphicrossus pacificus, is decribed on the basis of a single female from a depth of 155 m north of New Caledonia in the Grand Passage zone.
Huys, R.
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Studies on chaetognaths off Ubatuba region, Brazil: II. Feeding habits
The diet of chaetognath species were studied by examining the gut contents of 9466 specimens collected off Ubatuba region, São Paulo State. The greatest proportion of chaetognaths (7119 individuals) showed their gut contents empty. Copepods, mollusc eggs,
Tsui Hua Liang, Luz Amélia Vega-Pérez
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