First Record of Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909 (Calanoida, Tortanidae) from Indian Ocean with Notes on its Female Morphology

• I. Anandavelu ^[1] ; R. Jayabarathi ^[1] ; G. Padmavati ^[2]
  1. [1] Pondicherry University

     Pondicherry University

     India

     
  2. [2] National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

     National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

     India

     
• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 38, Nº. 1, 2022, págs. 123-131
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study reports on the planktonic copepod, Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909 from South Andaman, Northeast Indian Ocean. This is a new distributional record of murrayi species group of recticauda species complex from the Indian Ocean. T. (A.) murrayi is a well-known species, yet, the taxonomic features of mouthparts and swimming legs were never previously illustrated and is achieved herein