Complementary description of <i>Peltidiumnayarit</i> (Copepoda, Harpaticoida, Peltidiidae) and a new record at Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Four adult females of a rare benthic/epiphytic harpacticoid copepod species of the genus Peltidium Philippi, 1839 were collected from insular zooplankton samples obtained at Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico. They were identified as Peltidiumnayarit Suárez-Morales & Jarquín-González, 2013 with type location (and the single previously known distribution site) at Playa Careyeros (20°46'59.46"N, 105°30'35.48"W), Nayarit, Mexico. We provide a complementary description of this species including new details of antennules, caudal rami, legs 1 and 5, and cuticular ornamentation using scanning electron microscopy observations. Peltidiumnayarit has a dark reddish-pink coloration allegedly mimicking the color of the macroalgae where they live, but specimens collected in the pre

SUBMITTER: Palomares-Garcia JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11470202 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature