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A NEW SPECIES OF PONTELLA (COPEPODA: CALANOIDA) FROM THE INLAND SEA OF JAPAN WITH NOTES ON ITS FEEDING HABITS AND RELATED SPECIES

A NEW SPECIES OF PONTELLA (COPEPODA: CALANOIDA) FROM THE INLAND SEA OF JAPAN WITH NOTES ON ITS... and Until now, only four species of the family Pontellidae have been recorded from the central part of the Inland Sea of Japan (Setonaikai): Calanopia thompsoni Scott, Labidocera rotunda Mori, Pontellopsis tenuicauda (Giesbrecht), and Pon- tellopsis yamadae Mori (Hirota, 1961, 1964, 1968a, b, 1979; Kado, 1954, 1957; Ohtsuka, unpublished). In contrast to such a low species diversity in the Inland Sea, 21 species of the family Pontellidae have been collected in summer in the Kuroshio Current region, south of Shikoku, Japan (Matsuo and Marumo, 1982). During the course of our investigation on the neuston of the Inland Sea of Japan in the summer of 1985, a new species of the genus Pontella (family Pontellidae) was found. As far as we know, the present species appears to be the first new calanoid copepod from the Inland Sea of Japan. The new species feeds on a variety of organisms, and is apparently omnivorous. The present paper deals with the description of the new species of Pontella, its feeding habits, and its phylogenetic as well as biogeographic relationships. MATERIALS AND METHODS Neuston samples were collected at Station A-1 and Stations B-I to B-5, respectively, on 21 June and 8, 9 August http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

A NEW SPECIES OF PONTELLA (COPEPODA: CALANOIDA) FROM THE INLAND SEA OF JAPAN WITH NOTES ON ITS FEEDING HABITS AND RELATED SPECIES

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 1987 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0278-0372
eISSN
1937-240X
DOI
10.1163/193724087X00153
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Abstract

and Until now, only four species of the family Pontellidae have been recorded from the central part of the Inland Sea of Japan (Setonaikai): Calanopia thompsoni Scott, Labidocera rotunda Mori, Pontellopsis tenuicauda (Giesbrecht), and Pon- tellopsis yamadae Mori (Hirota, 1961, 1964, 1968a, b, 1979; Kado, 1954, 1957; Ohtsuka, unpublished). In contrast to such a low species diversity in the Inland Sea, 21 species of the family Pontellidae have been collected in summer in the Kuroshio Current region, south of Shikoku, Japan (Matsuo and Marumo, 1982). During the course of our investigation on the neuston of the Inland Sea of Japan in the summer of 1985, a new species of the genus Pontella (family Pontellidae) was found. As far as we know, the present species appears to be the first new calanoid copepod from the Inland Sea of Japan. The new species feeds on a variety of organisms, and is apparently omnivorous. The present paper deals with the description of the new species of Pontella, its feeding habits, and its phylogenetic as well as biogeographic relationships. MATERIALS AND METHODS Neuston samples were collected at Station A-1 and Stations B-I to B-5, respectively, on 21 June and 8, 9 August

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Journal of Crustacean BiologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1987

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