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JPR Advance Access published online on October 19, 2005
Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbi088
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Received July 18, 2005
Accepted October 12, 2005

Short Communication

First record of the calanoid copepod Acartia omorii (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae) in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Laurent Seuront 1*

1 Ecosystem Complexity Research Group, Station Marine de Wimereux, CNRS UMR 8013 Elico, 28 Avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France; School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide Sa 5001, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Laurent Seuront, E-mail: Laurent.Seuront{at}univ-lille1.fr/Laurent.Seuront@flinders.edu.au


  Abstract

The occurrence of the calanoid copepod, Acartia omorii, is reported for the first time in the coastal waters of the Southern Bight of the North Sea, off Calais harbour. A. omorii males and females were consistently found in four plankton samples. The collected specimens were compared with A. omorii individuals collected from the type locality (Tokyo Bay, Japan). The capture of A. omorii, a species native to Japanese coastal waters, is in agreement with the recent observation of the Japanese macroalgae Undaria pinnatifida within Calais harbor, and the hypothesis of passive transport in ship’s ballast water.

Communicating Editor: KJ Flynn
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