https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2020.481

First record of Arctodiaptomus wierzejskii (Richard, 1888) (Copepoda Calanoida Diaptomidae) from Malta

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)
Submitted: 24 September 2020
Accepted: 30 September 2020
Published: 18 November 2020
Maltese inland waters, microcrustaceans, temporary waters
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Luca Montevago
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Italy.
Luca Vecchioni
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-9728
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Italy.
Federico Marrone
federico.marrone@unipa.it
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-0452
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Italy.

Diaptomid copepods belonging to the genus Arctodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 were collected in two temporary water bodies in Malta. The morphological identification of the collected specimens proved that they belong to Arctodiaptomus wierzejskii (Richard, 1888) even if a morphological peculiarity pertaining to the morphology of the male right antennule of the Maltese populations was observed and here briefly discussed. This finding constitutes the first record of a calanoid copepod from the inland waters of the Maltese Islands.

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Montevago, L., Vecchioni, L., & Marrone, F. (2020). First record of <em>Arctodiaptomus wierzejskii</em> (Richard, 1888) (Copepoda Calanoida Diaptomidae) from Malta. Natural History Sciences, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2020.481

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