Vostonica gen. n. from psammonic copepods in the Pacific (Suctorida Vermigenea)
A.W. Jankowski
Abstract. The new genus and species Vostonica tenax was discovered in copepods collected in washings of the shoreline sand in Vostok biological station, near Nakhodka on the coast of the Sea of Japan. Vostonica is distinct genus of lower (rhabdophryid) vermigemmines with a unique disposition of tentacles on the widely expanded antesoma. Known genera of lower vermigemmines, without shell and retractile actinophore, are listed for comparison, with indication of type species and hosts.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1994, 3(1): 1–4 ▪ Published in print 24 August 1994
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