Freshwater microcrustaceans (Cladocera: Anomopoda and Ctenopoda, Copepoda: Cyclopoida and Calanoida) in the highly urbanized Metropolitan Manila area (Luzon, Philippines)
Author
Dela Paz, Erica Silk P.
Author
Lopez, Mark Louie D.
Author
David, Christian Irvin Harvey A.
Author
Dela Cruz, Dave Ryan A.
Author
Viernes, Gian Alfonso A.
Author
Wong, Jac Fritgerald
Author
Papa, Rey Donne S.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.5.751
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10.15560/14.5.751
1809-127X
Arctodiaptomus dorsalis
(Marsh, 1907)
Materials examined.
Philippines
: Luzon:
Manila
:
Pasig
River (
14.5604° N
,
121.0659° E
), coll. DRA Dela Cruz, GAA Viernes, JF Wong, ESP Dela Paz and
ML
Lopez,
June 2016
(
UST-ZRC
0253A–B,
USTZRC
0254,
USTZRC
0255A–B, and
USTZRC
0256A–B,
4 spec.
).
Short description.
The body is generally elongated with a long antennule that generally reaches the tip of the urosome. Male specimen: antennule is geniculated. Right exopodite 2 of P5 leg is relatively large and bears a long, thin, and strongly curved terminal claw on the posteromedian area; and with a short lateral spine protruding near the middle of exopodite 2. Female specimen: antennule is straight. The pair of P5 is symmetrical. All the morphological characteristics concur with the descriptions and illustrations of
Dussart and Defaye (2001)
and
Papa et al. (2012)
.
Ecological distribution.
Arctodiaptomus dorsalis
is
found in lakes and rivers. This species is an invasive copepod hence that can tolerate eutrophic condition (
Papa et al. 2012
).