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Diagnostic Description

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Females: Genital segment with 2 lobes on each side and lobes 2/3 as long as the width of the segment. Caudal rami 3.5-3.6 times longer than wide. Internal projection on P5 with fewer than 8 teeth.

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Distribution

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Coast of Alaska, Chukotka coast, Spitzbergen coast, White Sea, Barents Sea (near Novaja Zemlja)

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Habitat

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Freshwater/brackish

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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Morphology

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Female: Head separate from thorax, 4th and 5th segments separate, the back corners of the last thoracic segment in females carry large wing-like growths, and are rounded in males. Rostrum bifurcate with 2 small filaments. Abdomen contains 3 segments. Internal projection of P5 exopodite with fewer than 8 teeth along the distal margin; hair-like microsetules may be present on one or both sides of the projection margin. Genital segment with 2 lobes on each side, maximum lobe length over 2/3 as long as the width of the segment. Caudal rami 3.5-3.6 times longer than wide.

Male: The back corners of the last thoracic segment are rounded, body more slender than in females. A1 geniculate. Abdomen contains 5 segments. Each of the last 2 segments of the right P5 longer than the previous (3rd to last) segment.

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Reproduction

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Egg-brooding species

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Size

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Females: 1.20-2.34 mm
Males: 1.10-2.10 mm

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo

Trophic Strategy

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Selective filter-feeders; phytoplankton and detritus

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cc-by-3.0
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Ershova, Elizaveta
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iArczoo