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New records of Monstrilloida Sars, 1901 (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern coast of Brazil)
Cristina de Oliveira Dias
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Integrado de Zooplâncton e Ictioplâncton, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Prédio do CCS, Bloco A, Ilha do Fundão, C.E.P.: 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
email: crcldias@biologia.ufrj.br Guilherme Fulgêncio de Medeiros
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Praia de Mãe Luiza s/n, Via Costeira, C.E.P.: 59014-100, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, RN, Brazil.
Sérgio Luiz Costa Bonecker
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Integrado de Zooplâncton e Ictioplâncton, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Prédio do CCS, Bloco A, Ilha do Fundão, C.E.P.: 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
keywords
zooplankton, copepods, southwest Atlantic, Brazilian coast, Monstrilla, Cymbasoma. publication date: 05-05-2008
Abstract
During a series of zooplankton surveys carried out during 1984, off the south coast of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, several species of monstrilloids were present in the samples. A total of 50 individuals of monstrilloid copepods were collected. These belong to four species (Monstrilla brasiliensis Suárez-Morales & Dias, Cymbasoma cf. longispinosum , Cymbasoma cf. rigidum , and Cymbasoma gracilis Gurney). The taxonomic complexes formed by the species Cymbasoma cf. longispinosum and Cymbasoma cf. rigidum in Brazilian waters are discussed. The lengths of the specimens are provided in order to contribute to studies and revisions of the specimens belonging to these species-complexes. The species Monstrilla brasiliensis is recorded for the first time in the Rio Grande do Norte coastal region, thus expanding its geographical range in the Brazilian northeastern coast. The results presented herein increase to four the number of species of Monstrilloida known from off Rio Grande do Norte state. how to quote this paper
Dias, C.O., Medeiros, G.F. and Bonecker, S.L.C. New records of Monstrilloida Sars, 1901 (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern coast of Brazil).Biota Neotrop. Jan/Mar 2008 vol. 8, no. 2 http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v8n2/en/abstract?article+bn01508022008 ISSN 1676-0603. Cited species
Cymbasoma longispinosum Cymbasoma rigidum Cymbasoma gracilis Monstrilla brasiliensis 