著者
Ohtsuka Susumu El-Sherbiny Mohsen M. Ueda Hiroshi
出版者
日本甲殻類学会
雑誌
Crustacean research (ISSN:02873478)
巻号頁・発行日
no.29, pp.1-11, 2000-12
被引用文献数
3

Two new species of Tortanus (Atortus), T. (A.) ampliramus and T. (A.) nishidai, are described from the northern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, respectively. These new species evidently belong to the recticauda species group in the recticauda species complex. The species group has a distinct distribution in the western Indian Ocean, extending from South Africa. The functional morphology of spermatophores of Tortanus is also discussed. A semelparous reproductive strategy may be employed in some species of Tortanus, whereas others adopt an iteroparous strategy as do most of centropagoideans. The formation of swarms was found exclusively in the subgenus Atortus which inhabits clear waters. Swarms of T. (A.) erabuensis may utilize swarms of another small copepod, Oithona oculata as prey.
著者
Tomikawa Ko Morino Hiroshi Ohtsuka Susumu
出版者
日本動物分類学会
雑誌
Species diversity : an international journal for taxonomy, systematics, speciation, biogeography, and life history research of animals (ISSN:13421670)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.13, no.4, pp.275-286, 2008-12-30
参考文献数
13
被引用文献数
2

Pseudocrangonyx shikokunis Akatsuka and Komai, 1922, a poorly known subterranean amphipod, is redescribed and illustrated in detail based on the syntypes from Tokushima Prefecture and four additional specimens from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Newly found diagnostic features and morphological variation of the species are discussed.