Mesocyclops bosumtwii sp.nov. [Copepoda: Cyclopidae] from Ghana

• Autorzy: Mirabdullayev I M , Sanful P O , Frempong E
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A new Mesocyclops species, M. bosumtwii, is described from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. It is proposed that M. bosumtwii belongs to the Madagascar-African “major-pilosus-insulensis species group”. A key for African species of the genus Mesocyclops is proposed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mesocyclops bosumtwii; zoology; Lake Bosumtwi; Ghana; new species; taxonomy; Cyclopidae; Copepoda

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annales Zoologici
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: 57
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.377-383,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Mirabdullayev I M

• Institute of Zoology, Niyazov st.1, Tashkent, 100095, Uzbekistan

autor

Sanful P O

• Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

autor

Frempong E

• Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Bibliografia

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• Hołyńska, M., Reid, J. W. and H. Ueda. 2003. Genus Mesocyclops Sars, 1914. In: Ueda H., Reid J. W. eds. Copepoda: Cyclopoida - genera Mesocyclops and Thermocyclops. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Vol. 20: 12-213.
• Van de Velde, I. 1984. Revision of the African species of the genus Mesocyclops Sars, 1914 (Copepoda: Cyclopidae). Hydrobiologia, 109: 3-66.