Labidocera Species (Copepoda: Pontellidae) in Waters of the Tsushima Warm Current with Notes on Their Genital Structure and Zoogeography
Hyeon Gyeong Jeong, Hae-Lip Suh, Sun Beom Jeong, Yang Ho Yoon, and Ho Young Soh (2009) Neustonic calanoid copepods were collected monthly between Apr. 2002 and Mar. 2003 in the northeastern area of the East China Sea. Seven species of the genus Labidocera Lubbock were identified, 5 of which were found in the months of Aug. to Oct. when the Tsushima Warm Current flows strongly into the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Of these, we redescribe 4 species, L. acutifrons (Dana), L. detruncata (Dana), L. kröyeri (Brady), and L. minuta Giesbrecht and describe the female external genitalia and their zoogeography.
Keywords
Redescription, Female external genital structure, Neustonic copepods, East China Sea.
