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Revistas arbitradas

Título de artículo

A NEW SPECIES OF LEPTODIAPTOMUS (COPEPODA DIAPTOMIDAE) FROM NORTHWESTERN MEXICO WITH COMMENTS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS

Volúmen

21(4)

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50

Campo

CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA

Disciplina

BIOLOGIA ANIMAL Y ZOOLOGIA

Subdisciplina

ZOOLOGIA MARINA

Resumen

A NEW SPECIES OF THE FRESHWATER PLANKTONIC COPEPOD GENUS Leptodiaptomus IS DESCRIBED FROM A SMALL PONDIN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO. Leptodiaptomus dodsoni n.sp. CAN BE EASILY DISTINGUISHED MAINLY BY THE PRESENCE OF AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SINUSOID SPINE ON MALE ANTENNULAR SEGMENT 13 AND BY THE FEATURES OF THE FIFTH LEGS OF BOTH SEXES, THIS GENUS IS KNOWN TO BE DISTRIBUTED MAINLY IN NORTH AMERICA WITH 19 RECOGNIZED SPECIES. OF THIS, SIX OCCUR IN MEXICO, AND THE NEW SPECIES SEEMS TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO MOST OF OF THEM. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THIS GROUP OF SPECIES (INCLUDING THE NEW ONE) REPRESENTS THE SOUTHWARDS RADIATION OF THE GENUS FROM NORTH AMERICA. COMPARED TO THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN, THE NORTH AMERICAN INFLUENCE SEEMS TO BE THE MOST RELEVANT FOR DIAPTOMID COPEPODS IN MEXICO. AT LEAST TWO MEXICAN SPECIES OF Leptodiaptomus, INCLUDING L. dodsoni, ARE RESTRICTED IN DISTRIBUTIONAL RANGE TO HIGH-ALTITUDE TEMPORAL PONDS, AND BOTH COULD BE CONSIDERED ENDEMICS.

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