Acartia teclae is a species of copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae.[1] This species was discovered when specimens previously identified as Acartia clausi were examined and found to belong to a separate species.[2] This species appears to have a similar range (Mediterranean Sea and north eastern Atlantic Ocean as far north as Great Britain) to, and occupies similar brackish estuarine habitats as, Acartia lefevreae but differs in the absence of spines on the dorsal part of the posterior body segment (metasome).
Acartia teclae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Acartiidae |
Genus: | Acartia |
Species: | A. teclae
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Binomial name | |
Acartia teclae Bradford, 1976
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References
edit- ^ Juliana Kouwenberg (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Acartia (Acartiura) teclae Bradford, 1976". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Janet Bradford (1976). "Partial revision of the Acartia subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae)". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (1): 159–202. Bibcode:1976NZJMF..10..159B. doi:10.1080/00288330.1976.9515606.