Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Stenhelia (Delavalia) Stephensoni Sp. Nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) From Estuarine Waters of Port Curtis, Queensland

Stenhelia (Delavalia) Stephensoni Sp. Nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) From Estuarine Waters of... STENHELIA (DELAVALIA) STEPHENSONI SP. NOV. (COPEPODA, HARPACTICOIDA) FROM ESTUARINE WATERS OF PORT CURTIS, QUEENSLAND BY J. G. GREENWOOD and M. J. TUCKER Zoology Department, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4067. INTRODUCTION AND METHODS During a study of zooplankton taken from waters in the Port Curtis region of the central Queensland coast (24° 51 ' S 151 ° 15' E), several specimens of two new Stenhelia species were collected. One of these species is represented by a single specimen and is not considered further at this stage, the other species is described below. The literature contains no previous reports of Stenhelia from Australian waters. Recent keys to species of the two subgenera Delaualia and Stenhelia have been given by Coull (1976) and Thistle & Coull (1979). The two subgenera are primarily differentiated by the number of segments in the first leg endopod, there being 3 in S. (Stenhelia) and 2 in S. (Delaaalia). The nomenclature used follows that of Coull (1976, 1977) as adapted from Lang (1948, 1965) and Gooding (1957). Prosome length was measured from the posterior margin of the rostrum to the posterodorsal border of the last metasomal segment; total length to the tip of the caudal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Stenhelia (Delavalia) Stephensoni Sp. Nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) From Estuarine Waters of Port Curtis, Queensland

Crustaceana , Volume 46 (2): 127 – Jan 1, 1984

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/stenhelia-delavalia-stephensoni-sp-nov-copepoda-harpacticoida-from-VqA6H1xq8B

References (9)

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1984 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0011-216x
eISSN
1568-5403
DOI
10.1163/156854084X00621
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

STENHELIA (DELAVALIA) STEPHENSONI SP. NOV. (COPEPODA, HARPACTICOIDA) FROM ESTUARINE WATERS OF PORT CURTIS, QUEENSLAND BY J. G. GREENWOOD and M. J. TUCKER Zoology Department, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4067. INTRODUCTION AND METHODS During a study of zooplankton taken from waters in the Port Curtis region of the central Queensland coast (24° 51 ' S 151 ° 15' E), several specimens of two new Stenhelia species were collected. One of these species is represented by a single specimen and is not considered further at this stage, the other species is described below. The literature contains no previous reports of Stenhelia from Australian waters. Recent keys to species of the two subgenera Delaualia and Stenhelia have been given by Coull (1976) and Thistle & Coull (1979). The two subgenera are primarily differentiated by the number of segments in the first leg endopod, there being 3 in S. (Stenhelia) and 2 in S. (Delaaalia). The nomenclature used follows that of Coull (1976, 1977) as adapted from Lang (1948, 1965) and Gooding (1957). Prosome length was measured from the posterior margin of the rostrum to the posterodorsal border of the last metasomal segment; total length to the tip of the caudal

Journal

CrustaceanaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1984

There are no references for this article.