A new species of Tortanus (Atortus) Ohtsuka, 1992 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Tortanidae) from Great Nicobar Island, north-eastern Indian Ocean

Abstract A new planktonic copepod assigned to the subgenus Tortanus (Atortus) Ohtsuka, 1992 is described from Great Nicobar Island, Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. The new species Tortanus (Atortus) dhritiae sp. nov. belongs to the tropicus-group. The new species can be distinguished from all other...

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Published in:	Nauplius
Main Authors:	Sanu V. Francis, P. Jasmine, S. Bijoy Nandan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Bay of Bengal calanoid copepods coral reefs taxonomy Tortanus dhritiae sp. nov
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972022000100217&tlng=en