Eodiaptomus shihi n. sp. (Copepoda,Calanoida) from central India |
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Authors: | Y Ranga Reddy |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Nagarjuna University, 522 510 Nagarjunanagar, India |
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Abstract: | Eodiaptomus shihi n. sp. is described from the material collected from Gandhisagar reservoir, River Narmada and a hillpool in the Madhya Pradesh State of central India. The salient features of this new species include: in female, the left metasomal wing is strongly developed, and the endopodite in leg 5 is 2-segmented and longer than first exopodite-segment; in male, the right caudal ramus is armed with a tooth-like chitinous structure near ventro-distal region, and in right leg 5, the basis is devoid of any hyaline lobe on inner margin and the first exopodite-segment is produced into a large spinous process at disto-outer corner. |
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Keywords: | Eodiaptomus shihi n sp calanoid copepod India |
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