Biology:Acartia simplex

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Acartia simplex
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Acartiidae
Genus: Acartia
Species:
A. simplex
Binomial name
Acartia simplex
G. O. Sars, 1905 [1]

Acartia simplex is a species of marine copepod belonging to the family Acartiidae.[1][2] It is found in the waters near Australia and New Zealand.[2]

This species, just under 1 mm in length, is rather similar to Acartia ensifera but can be distinguished by the presence of spines on the dorsal part of the posterior body segment (metasome). Like A. ensifera, it is found around the coasts of New Zealand, mainly in estuarine habitats.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Acartia (Acartiura) simplex Sars G.O., 1905". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346040. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Acartia (Acartiura) simplex Sars, 1905". Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Marine Planktonic Copepods. Sorbonne Université, CNRS. 2005–2023. https://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en/fichesp.php?sp=31. 
  3. Janet Bradford (1976). "Partial revision of the Acartia subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae)". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10 (1): 159–202. doi:10.1080/00288330.1976.9515606. 

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