Two New Copepods of the Genus Acartia (Copepoda, Calanoida, Acartiidae) from the Coastal Sea of the South-Western Crimea (Black Sea)

Abstract

Two New Copepods of the GenusAcartia(Copepoda, Calanoida, Acartiidae) from the Coastal Sea of the South-Western Crimea (Black Sea)Acartia molliculaPavlova et Shmeleva, sp. n. andA. eremeeviPavlova et Shmeleva, sp. n. are described and figured. The copepods were found in zooplankton samples collected by the Juday net from 0-10 m depth in the coastal sea water of Martyn Bay, Sevastopol. Though the new species,A. molliculaandA. eremeevi, are similar toA. clausi("small" form),A. margalefiAlcaraz and anotherAcartiafrom Black Sea they have smaller body size, different structure and armature of the fifth legs, and correlation between length/width of prosome and urosome,; besides,A. molliculahave the rostrum.