Acartia tranteri

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Acartia tranteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Acartiidae
Genus: Acartia
Species:
A. tranteri
Binomial name
Acartia tranteri
Bradford, 1976

Acartia tranteri is a species of marine copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae. This Australian species is related to the New Zealand species A. ensifera, A. jilletti and A. simplex but can be distinguished by the lack of any ventral prominence posterior to the genital opening in the female and the presence of posterior spines on the metasome (body segment) of the male.[1] It is found off the southern coast of Australia (New South Wales).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bradford, Janet (1976). "Partial Revision of the Acartia Subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae)". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (1): 159–202. doi:10.1080/00288330.1976.9515606.