A new species of Pseudodiaptomus (Copepoda, Calanoida, Pseudodiaptomidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

By

Uribe-Palomino, Julian
Walter, T. Chad

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-21

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1261

Pages

69--81

Subjects

copepods , demersal , endemic species , South Pacific Ocean

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.152830

 

Abstract

<br> A new species of the demersal calanoid copepod genus<br> Pseudodiaptomus<br> is described from specimens collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. This species most closely resembles<br> P. burckhardti<br> in the structure of male fifth leg with reduced endopods on both legs, but differs from the latter in several features, including armatures of male fifth leg, asymmetrical female urosome and posterodorsal projections on the male prosome.<br>