Abstract: In 1998 a laophontid harpacticoid copepod Onychocamptus bengalensis was recorded for the first time in the plankton collections of Adyar Estuary, India. This species is redescribed for the first time with the aid of scanning electron microscopy and is compared with the existing descriptions. It is distinct from other species of the same genus by having leg 5 with exopod fused to baseoendopod.
Keywords: Zooplankton, copepod, harpacticoid, estuary and taxonomy.
Title: REDESCRIPTION OF ONYCHOCAMPTUS BENGALENSIS LANG, 1948 (COPEPODA, HARPACTICOIDA, LAOPHONTIDAE) - A NEW RECORD FROM ADYAR ESTUARY, INDIA
Author: A. Saboor, K. Altaff
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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