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Euchaeta acuta Giesbrecht, 1893

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Calanoida

Family
Euchaetidae

Genus
Euchaeta

Species
acuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonymised names Paraeuchaeta acuta (Giesbrecht, 1893) (following the generic placement of Park, 1995) Taxonomic edit history Dateactionby 2004-12-21 15:54:05ZcreatedBoxshall, Geoff 2008-06-11 12:12:59ZchangedKouwenberg, Juliana 2010-08-31 14:57:15ZchangedWalter, T. Chad 2014-01-28 12:32:45ZchangedBoxshall, Geoff

Distribution

Distribution: Western zone: Isabela, Fernandina

References

Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf

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