First report of deep-sea copepod Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (Calanoidea: Megacalanidae) from southwestern Atlantic

Abstract The deep-sea copepod Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 was previously recorded from the northern and southeastern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, but not previously observed from southwestern Atlantic. Here we report its first occurrence in Brazilian waters. The current record incre...

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Main Authors: Flavio de Almeida Alves-Júnior, Érika Pinho Correia, Lucas Guedes Pereira Figueirêdo, Aislan Galdino da Cunha, Arnaud Bertrand, Sigrid Neumann-Leitão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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