Author/Authors :
Peyghan, S. khoramshahr marine science and technology university - School of Marine Science - Department of Marine Biology, خرمشهر, ايران , Savari, A. khoramshahr marine science and technology university - School of Marine Science - Department of Marine Biology, خرمشهر, ايران , Doustshenas, B. khoramshahr marine science and technology university - School of Marine Science - Department of Marine Biology, خرمشهر, ايران , Sakhaee, N. khoramshahr marine science and technology university - School of Marine Science - Department of Marine Biology, خرمشهر, ايران , Dehghan Madiseh, S. South Aquaculture Research Center, ايران
Abstract :
In our ecological study on Planktonic copepods of Bahrakan waters in August 2010, (Hendijan Harbor- NW Persian Gulf- Iran) a copepod species, Acartia (Acartiella) faoensis Khalaf, 1991 was collected. This current report is the first record of this species in Iranian waters of NW Persian Gulf. A. faoensis is a calanoid copepod which belongs to the family Acartidae. This species was first reported from Khor Al-Zubair and Khor Abdulla, Iraq (Khalaf, 1991) which after was found in coastal waters of Bubiyan Island in North of Kuwait (Ali et al., 2009; AL-Yamani et al., 2011). Therefore, this is the fourth report of A. faoensis in region. This finding can increase the probability of the idea that this species is endemic to NW Persian Gulf.
