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The Acanthocyclops Kieferi Complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from South-Eastern Europe, with Description of a New Species

The Acanthocyclops Kieferi Complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from South-Eastern Europe, with... THE ACANTHOCYCLOPS KIEFERI COMPLEX (COPEPODA, CYCLOPOIDA) FROM SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES BY SANDA IEPURE 1,3 ) and DANIELLE DEFAYE 2,4 ) 1 ) Institutul de Speologie “Emil Racovi¸t˘a”, Cluj Department, Clinicilor, 5, Cluj Napoca, RO-400006, Romania 2 ) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, UMR 5178, 61, rue de Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France ABSTRACT The Acanthocyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925) complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) includes exclu- sively stygobitic species, mainly widespread in the cave habitats of south-eastern Europe. A new species for the group, Acanthocyclops milotai n. sp., collected from pools supplied by percolation water in a cave in south-western Romania, is described. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: the ornamentation pattern of the basis of the antenna with four spinules placed in an arch; the coxa of leg 4 with four spinules on its distal margin; furcal rami divergent, about 2.2 times as long as wide, with the lateralmost, terminal furcal seta 1.14 times as long as the medialmost one, and these both setiform. Inter-populational variability of some charac- ters in the new species such as the shape of the anal operculum and the ornamentation of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

The Acanthocyclops Kieferi Complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from South-Eastern Europe, with Description of a New Species

Iepure, Sanda; Defaye, Danielle
Crustaceana , Volume 81 (5): 20 – Jan 1, 2008
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THE ACANTHOCYCLOPS KIEFERI COMPLEX (COPEPODA, CYCLOPOIDA) FROM SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES BY SANDA IEPURE 1,3 ) and DANIELLE DEFAYE 2,4 ) 1 ) Institutul de Speologie “Emil Racovi¸t˘a”, Cluj Department, Clinicilor, 5, Cluj Napoca, RO-400006, Romania 2 ) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, UMR 5178, 61, rue de Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France ABSTRACT The Acanthocyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925) complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) includes exclu- sively stygobitic species, mainly widespread in the cave habitats of south-eastern Europe. A new species for the group, Acanthocyclops milotai n. sp., collected from pools supplied by percolation water in a cave in south-western Romania, is described. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: the ornamentation pattern of the basis of the antenna with four spinules placed in an arch; the coxa of leg 4 with four spinules on its distal margin; furcal rami divergent, about 2.2 times as long as wide, with the lateralmost, terminal furcal seta 1.14 times as long as the medialmost one, and these both setiform. Inter-populational variability of some charac- ters in the new species such as the shape of the anal operculum and the ornamentation of the

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