The first occurrence of the Order Mormonilloida (Copepoda) in the Tropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Pedro Augusto M.c. Melo¹  Mauro De Melo JÚnior¹  Moacyr AraÚjo¹  Sigrid Neumann-leitÃo¹ 

关键词: Copepod;    equatorial;    Mormonilloida;    Mormonilla phasma;    oceanic island;    zooplankton;    Copépodes;    equatorial;    Mormonilloida;    Mormonilla phasma;    ilha oceânica;    zooplâncton;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0001-3765201520130394

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This communication is the first report of the occurrence of the order Mormonilloida (Mormonilla phasma) in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Female individuals were found in surface waters from the shelf break state of Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern Brazil) and between depths of 60 and 100 m in the epipelagic layer around the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (equatorial Atlantic). This finding extends the vertical limits for this species.

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