Redescription of two Iranian cyclopoids: Thermocyclops tinctus Lindberg, 1936 and Th. hyalinus persicus Lindberg, 1936 (Copepoda, Cyclopoidae)
Mirabdullayev, I.M.; Fiers, F. (2001). Redescription of two Iranian cyclopoids: Thermocyclops tinctus Lindberg, 1936 and Th. hyalinus persicus Lindberg, 1936 (Copepoda, Cyclopoidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 71: 83-92
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Biologie = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Bruxelles. ISSN 0374-6429, more
Two Thermocyclops species, Th. tinctus LINDBERG, 1936 and Th. hyalinus persicus LINOBERG, 1936, both described from Iran, are redescribed in detail after reexamination of the type-series. Th. tinctus appears to belong to a group of species which are characterised by the spinular surface of the leg 4 coupler, the compact genital double-somite, and the relative shortness of the apical spines of the leg 4 endopodite. Th. hyalinus persicus, considered for long as synonymous with Th. crassus, resembles most to Th. vermifer. The particular morphology of the principal seta on the caudal rami appears to be typical for the Iranian populations, named Th. vermifer persicus.
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