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Short Communication • Nauplius 27 • 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2019001   copy

First record of Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913 (Crustacea: Copepoda) from Brazil

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Abstract

Here, we report the first record of the marine copepod Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913, in Brazil, from a costal station near Cabo Frio Island, Arraial do Cabo Municipality, Rio de Janeiro State. Specimens were found during March and May 2011 in zooplankton samples obtained from horizontal hauls using a plankton-net with a 100μm mesh size, and mouth opening of 40 cm diameter.

Key Words:
Arraial do Cabo; Cyclopoida; geographic distribution; microcrustaceans; zooplankton

Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Campus Botucatu, Rua Professor Doutor Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, 250 , Botucatu, SP, 18618-689 - Botucatu - SP - Brazil
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