A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution

A new harpacticoid copepod species was found during a year round plankton survey in a shallow Antarctic bay. Both the dominant Calanoida and Cyclopoida and the often neglected Harpacticoida, their abundances in relation to sea-ice formation and decline in presence of Euphausia superba are regarded,...

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spelling todo:paper_00188158_v583_n1_p141_VeitKohler2023-10-03T14:16:01Z A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution Veit-Köhler, G. Fuentes, V. Ecology Generation time Peltidiidae Plankton survey Sea ice Shallow water Taxonomy Ecology Marine biology Sea ice Taxonomies Generation time Peltidiidae Plankton survey Shallow water Plants (botany) abundance crustacean ecology geographical distribution new species pelagic environment plankton population structure sea ice Antarctica King George Island Potter Cove South Shetland Islands Alteutha Calanoida Copepoda Cyclopoida Euphausia superba Harpacticoida Peltidiidae A new harpacticoid copepod species was found during a year round plankton survey in a shallow Antarctic bay. Both the dominant Calanoida and Cyclopoida and the often neglected Harpacticoida, their abundances in relation to sea-ice formation and decline in presence of Euphausia superba are regarded, in this study. Alteutha potter sp. n. (Peltidiidae) was collected in Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. While its geographical region occurrence and planktonic life style are comparable to many of its congeners, morphological characters such as shape and setation of the maxilliped and the almost complete fusion of the baseoendopod and the exopod of the fifth leg in the female are described for the first time for this genus. Morphological peculiarities such as the lack, the deformation or fusion of setae on only one body side have been detected in several specimens. This copepod species is obviously sea-ice related. Its abundances in the plankton reached a maximum under the winter sea-ice. The year round population structure did not show very high variability whereas ovigerous females mostly occurred in spring and summer. Assuming different possible ecological strategies and environmental temperatures generation times between 46 and 77 days are calculated for A. potter sp. n. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00188158_v583_n1_p141_VeitKohler
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topic Ecology
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Sea ice
Shallow water
Taxonomy
Ecology
Marine biology
Sea ice
Taxonomies
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Shallow water
Plants (botany)
abundance
crustacean
ecology
geographical distribution
new species
pelagic environment
plankton
population structure
sea ice
Antarctica
King George Island
Potter Cove
South Shetland Islands
Alteutha
Calanoida
Copepoda
Cyclopoida
Euphausia superba
Harpacticoida
Peltidiidae
spellingShingle Ecology
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Sea ice
Shallow water
Taxonomy
Ecology
Marine biology
Sea ice
Taxonomies
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Shallow water
Plants (botany)
abundance
crustacean
ecology
geographical distribution
new species
pelagic environment
plankton
population structure
sea ice
Antarctica
King George Island
Potter Cove
South Shetland Islands
Alteutha
Calanoida
Copepoda
Cyclopoida
Euphausia superba
Harpacticoida
Peltidiidae
Veit-Köhler, G.
Fuentes, V.
A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
topic_facet Ecology
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Sea ice
Shallow water
Taxonomy
Ecology
Marine biology
Sea ice
Taxonomies
Generation time
Peltidiidae
Plankton survey
Shallow water
Plants (botany)
abundance
crustacean
ecology
geographical distribution
new species
pelagic environment
plankton
population structure
sea ice
Antarctica
King George Island
Potter Cove
South Shetland Islands
Alteutha
Calanoida
Copepoda
Cyclopoida
Euphausia superba
Harpacticoida
Peltidiidae
description A new harpacticoid copepod species was found during a year round plankton survey in a shallow Antarctic bay. Both the dominant Calanoida and Cyclopoida and the often neglected Harpacticoida, their abundances in relation to sea-ice formation and decline in presence of Euphausia superba are regarded, in this study. Alteutha potter sp. n. (Peltidiidae) was collected in Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. While its geographical region occurrence and planktonic life style are comparable to many of its congeners, morphological characters such as shape and setation of the maxilliped and the almost complete fusion of the baseoendopod and the exopod of the fifth leg in the female are described for the first time for this genus. Morphological peculiarities such as the lack, the deformation or fusion of setae on only one body side have been detected in several specimens. This copepod species is obviously sea-ice related. Its abundances in the plankton reached a maximum under the winter sea-ice. The year round population structure did not show very high variability whereas ovigerous females mostly occurred in spring and summer. Assuming different possible ecological strategies and environmental temperatures generation times between 46 and 77 days are calculated for A. potter sp. n. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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author Veit-Köhler, G.
Fuentes, V.
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Fuentes, V.
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title A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
title_short A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
title_full A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
title_fullStr A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
title_full_unstemmed A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - Description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
title_sort new pelagic alteutha (copepoda: harpacticoida) from potter cove, king george island, antarctica - description, ecology and information on its year round distribution
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