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A new species of Hemicyclops (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) from burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia major in an estuarine mud-flat in Tokyo Bay, Japan

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A new species of poecilostomatoid copepod, Hemicyclops tanakai n. sp. was collected from burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia major in an estuarine mud-flat in Tokyo Bay. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by combination of the following characteristics: setation of the antennule, the segmentation of the antennule, the length–width ratio of the caudal ramus, the ornamentation on the third segment of antenna and the shape of the genital double somite.

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  1. Suidosha Co. Ltd., 8-11-11 Ikuta, Tama, Kawasaki, 214-0038, Japan

    Hiroshi Itoh

  2. Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1, Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo, 164-8639, Japan

    Shuhei Nishida

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  1. Hiroshi Itoh
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Itoh, H., Nishida, S. A new species of Hemicyclops (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) from burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia major in an estuarine mud-flat in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Hydrobiologia 474, 139–146 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016509102177

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