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Variations In Afrolaophonte Pori Masry, 1970 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontidae): A Contribution Towards The Revision Of The Genus, Serdar Sönmez, Süphan Karaytuğ, Serdar Sak, Alp Alper
Variations In Afrolaophonte Pori Masry, 1970 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontidae): A Contribution Towards The Revision Of The Genus, Serdar Sönmez, Süphan Karaytuğ, Serdar Sak, Alp Alper
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Afrolaophonte pori was originally described from the interstitial habitats of Israel and subsequently reported from Italy and the Aegean coasts of Turkey. It is the only representative of the genus in the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of this study is to present a detailed redescription of A. pori based on extensive material from different parts of the species' range to provide geographic distributional data and to reveal variations within and between the populations. We have examined numerous specimens collected from the Aegean and Mediterranean Turkish coasts and have presented a detailed redescription of both sexes. Despite the fact that the …