Taxonomic revision of the Nitocraaffinis Gurney, 1927 species complex (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) with descriptions of four new species and re-evaluation of its subspecies.

ABSTRACT: Due to the recent increasing importance of microcharacters in copepod taxonomy, it has become evident that many species lacking detailed descriptions actually constitute to a species complex. In this study, Nitocraaffinis is redescribed based on lectotype material from Lake Timsah (Egypt) which facilitated a thorough detailed comparison with specimens of N.affinis recorded from distantly related localities. The results unequivocally revealed that the specimens of N.affinis examined in this study belong to a different species. As a result, four new species, Nitocrasonmezisp. nov. and Nitocraserdarsakisp. nov. from the Turkish coast, Nitocraalperisp. nov. from the Indian Ocean, and Nitocraloweaesp. nov. from Brighto

SUBMITTER: Yıldız NO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10870233 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature