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A new species of Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, northern Mexico

dc.creatorNANCY FABIOLA MERCADO SALAS
dc.creatorEDUARDO SUAREZ MORALES
dc.creatorALEJANDRO MANUEL MAEDA MARTINEZ
dc.creatorMARCELO SILVA BRIANO
dc.date2013
dc.identifierhttp://cibnor.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1001/1325
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.cibnor.mx:8080/handle/123456789/2045
dc.description"A new species of the freshwater cyclopoid copepod genus Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927 is described from a single pond in northern Mexico, within the binational area known as the Chihuahuan Desert. This species belongs to a group of Metacyclops species with a 3443 spine formula of swimming legs. It is morphologically similar to Metacyclops lusitanus Lindberg, 1961 but differs from this and other congeners by having a unique combination of characters, including a caudal rami length/width proportion of 3.5–3.8, a innermost terminal seta slightly longer than the outermost terminal seta, intercoxal sclerites of legs 1-4 naked, a strong apical spine of the second endopodal segment of leg 1 and one row of 6-8 small spinules at the insertion of this spine. The finding of this species represents also the first record of the genus in Mexico and the third in North America, where only two other species, M. gracilis (Lilljeborg, 1853) and M. cushae Reid, 1991 have been hitherto reported. This is also the first continental record of a species of Metacyclops from an arid environment in the Americas. This species appears to be endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert, thus emphasizing the high endemicity of this area."
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPensoft Publishers
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/ISSN/ISSN: 1313–2970
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/URL/URL: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/DOI/DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.287.4358
dc.relationcitation:Mercado-Salas NF, Suárez-Morales E, Maeda-Martínez AM, Silva-Briano M (2013) A new species of Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, northern Mexico. ZooKeys 287: 1–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.287.4358
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceZooKeys
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/AUTOR/Arid environments, Cyclopoida, freshwater zooplankton, inland water crustaceans, copepod taxonomy
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/24
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2401
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/240114
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/240114
dc.titleA new species of Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, northern Mexico
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