Article

A New Species of Parategastes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from South Africa

Published in: South African Journal of Zoology
Volume 15 , issue 3, pages: 186–189
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1980.11447708
Author(s): H. KunzUniversität des Saarlandes, Schwerpunkt fur Biogeographie, Federal Republic of Germany,
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Abstract

A new species of the genus Parategastes Sars, 1904 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) was found during an ecological study of zooplankton in Langvlei, one of the Wilderness Lakes near George on the southern Cape coast. The species, Parategastes coetzeel, is described and a key is given for the identification of the various species of Parategastes.

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