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Centropages acutus, a new calanoid copepod from the Fly River estuary, Papua New Guinea

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: A new species of calanoid copepod, Centropages acutus, from the Fly River delta, Papua New Guinea, is described.The new species is unique in having the head produced antero-dorsally into a strong point, in having a large process bearing two spines on the third urosome segment of the female, and in having a large process on the first segment of the antennule in both sexes.

Source: The Beagle Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory

DOI: 10.5962/p.264022

Authors: A David McKinnon, P Dixon

Institution: Australian Institute of Marine Science

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2254031343

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Cites: 2

Cited by: 1

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