Kornev P.N. 2004. [The first occurrence of the Tantulocarida for the White Sea] // Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.1. No.1: 53–58 [in Russian, with English summary].

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biology Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia (no longer valid).

doi: 10.15298/invertzool.01.1.04

ABSTRACT: Two species of Tantulocarida (Crustacea, Maxillopoda) belonging to the families Microdajidae and Basipodellidae and parasitisiting on copepods and tanaidaceans were found at the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. This is the first report of Tantulocarida for the White Sea, as well as other Russian sea. Morphology of the tantulus larva, male and parthenogenetic female of Microdajus sp. (Microdajidae) was examined.

KEY WORDS: Tantulocarida, Microdajus, Tanaidacea, parasitism.

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