Three new species of Ryocalanus from the eastern tropical Pacific (Crustacea, Copepoda: Ryocalanidae)
E.L. Markhaseva & F.D. Ferrari
Abstract. Females of Ryocalanus asymmetricus sp. n., R. bicornis sp. n. and male of R. bowmani sp. n. from the eastern tropical Pacific are described. R. asymmetricus is well distinguished from the other species of the genus by the shape of genital segment, R. bicornis by the shape of the last segment of prosome and R. bowmani by the shape of the last segment of prosome and geniculate right A 1.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1995, 4(1): 63–70 ▪ Published in print 29 March 1996
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