Redescription of Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895 (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Black Sea.
Arthropoda Selecta
28(4):515-528.
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Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895
is an endemic to the Mediterranean basin and one of
the common species of copepods in the coastal waters
of the region. However, its first description is very
short and incomplete, and as a consequence, some
uncertainty in the issue of correct identification of this
species still remains. In the present work, a complete
illustrated description of C. ponticus from the Sevastopol Bay (Black Sea), a type locality of this species, is
performed. Based on a comparative analysis of five
species of the hamatus group of the genus Centropages
including C. ponticus, a differential diagnosis of the
latter is given. Differences in the morphological structure of C. ponticus from the Black (own data) and
Mediterranean (literature data) seas are described.
How to cite this article: Prusova I.Yu., Galagovets
E.A., Popova E.V. 2019. Redescription of Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895 (Copepoda: Calanoida)
from the Black Sea // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.28. No.4.
P.515–528. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 28.4.04
