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First Record of Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909 (Calanoida, Tortanidae) from Indian Ocean with Notes on its Female Morphology

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This study reports on the planktonic copepod, Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909 from South Andaman, Northeast Indian Ocean. This is a new distributional record of murrayi species group of recticauda species complex from the Indian Ocean. T. (A.) murrayi is a well-known species, yet, the taxonomic features of mouthparts and swimming legs were never previously illustrated and is achieved herein.

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The speciemens were deposited in Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai (Reg. No.: ZSI/MBRC/D1-687).

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India from the Major Research Project, Ecology and community structure of zooplankton in the coastal waters of Andaman Sea with special emphasis on the secondary production and proximate composition (UGC-Project F.No. 41-28/2012 (SR), Dt. 10-07-2012). The authors acknowledge Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai for their support. The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that have aided to improve the manuscript.

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This study was funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India (UGC-Project F.No. 41–28/2012 (SR), Dt. 10–07-2012).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Sample collection, identification and analysis were performed by I. Anandavelu. The first draft of the manuscript was written by I. Anandavelu. Formal analysis, review and editing were done by R. Jayabarathi. Conceptualization, writing, funding acquisition and supervision by G. Padmavati. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Anandavelu, I., Jayabarathi, R. & Padmavati, G. First Record of Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909 (Calanoida, Tortanidae) from Indian Ocean with Notes on its Female Morphology. Thalassas 38, 123–131 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00401-z

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