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Taxonomic Notes on Species of Tisbe (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a Belgian Sluice Dock
Author(s) -
BERGMANS MARC
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1979.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - harpacticoida , biology , dock , fauna , zoology , sluice , ecology , subspecies , genus , archaeology , geography , biochemistry
Tisbe furcata, T. gracilis, T. bulbisetosa, T. holothuriae and T. battagliai are reported from the Sluice Dock near Ostend (Flemish Coast). The latter three species are new to the Belgian fauna. A cross‐breeding experiment between strains of T. holothuriae from Ostend and Venice (Italy) confirms perfect interfertility and hybrid F 1 heterosis. T. furcata , the “stumbling block” of the genus, is redescribed and an account is presented of the characteristics and ontogeny of its colour pattern.