A NEW SPECIES OF EXUMELLA (COPEPODA, CALANOLDA, RIDGEWAYIIDAE) FROM ANCHIHALINE CAVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Authors
JAUME D BOXSHALL GA
Citation
D. Jaume et Ga. Boxshall, A NEW SPECIES OF EXUMELLA (COPEPODA, CALANOLDA, RIDGEWAYIIDAE) FROM ANCHIHALINE CAVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, Sarsia, 80(2), 1995, pp. 93-105
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Sarsia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00364827
Volume
80
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
93 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-4827(1995)80:2<93:ANSOE(>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Exumella mediterranean, sp., the first representative of the genus out side the Caribbean region, is described. It is a bottom-living inhabit ant of anchihaline caves on the Balearic Islands and Sardinia (W Medit erranean). It is a raptorial, opportunistic feeder. Main diagnostic ch aracters separating the new taxon and the other species of the genus a re provided by the morphology of the male fifth legs.