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 Genus [Acartia] (Copepoda, Calanoida, Acartiidae) from the Coastal Sea of the South-Western Crimea (Black Sea)

[Acartia mollicula] Pavlova et Shmeleva, sp. n. and [A. eremeevi] Pavlova 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. mollicula] and [A. eremeevi], are similar to [A. clausi] ("small" form), [A. margalefi] Alcaraz and another [Acartia] from 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. mollicula] have the rostrum.