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New Record of Centropages brevifurcus (Crustacea : Copepoda : Calanoida) from the Gulf of Thailand and its Full Redescription

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Centropages brevifurcus Shen and Lee, 1963, known exclusively from Chinese estuaries and the Java Sea, is redescribed from the Gulf of Thailand. This is the first record of its occurrence in Thailand. The species belongs to the newly characterized C. trispinosus Sewell, 1914 group, which is restricted to the tropical Indo-Malayan region.

Source: Species Diversity

DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.8.67

Authors: Susumu Ohtsuka, David McKinnon, Khwanruan Pinkaew, Sumaitt Putchakarn, Kashane Chalermwat

Institutions: Hiroshima University, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Burapha University

Language: English

Topic: Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Subfield: Oceanography

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Award: Taxonomy and ecology of parasites on zooplankton, in particular, copepods