Heterolaophonte stroemii stroemii (Baird, 1837)

Apostolov, Apostol, 2018, The benthic harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) of Budakskyi (Shabolatskyi) Lagoon, North-West coast of the Black Sea, Ukraine, ZooNotes 2018 (133), pp. 1-4 : 3

Heterolaophonte stroemii stroemii (Baird, 1837)

Material examined: 5 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂. Habitats: Sandy bottom.

Of the 21 lagoons along the North West coast of the Black Sea, in four of the lagoons the species composition of harpacticoids has been studied ( Garlitska, 2000, 2004, Stahorskaia, 1970). Five species of harpacticoids are found in the Sukhoi Lagoon, and in the Great Adzhalikskyi (Dofinovskyi) Lagoon; 27 species in the Little Adzhalikskyi (Grigorievskyi) Lagoon and 21 species in the Tiligunskyi Lagoon. The Budakskyi Lagoon ranks third in number of species (7) after the lagoons of Sukhoi and Great Adzhalikskyi (Dofinovskyi). The established species of harpacticoids in the lagoons along the North West coast of the Black Sea are part of the meiobenthos fauna of the Black Sea.

For the first time Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil) and Heterolaophonte stroemii stroemii (Baird) are reported for lagoons in the north-western part of the Black Sea.

The Canuella perplexa occurs only in three of the lagoons - the Sukhoi Lagoon, the Little Adzhalikskii (Grigorievskii) Lagoon and the Budakskyi Lagoon. The Harpacticus flexus is a common species for the Sukhoi Lagoon, Tiligunskyi Lagoon, Little Adzhalikskyi (Grigorievskyi) Lagoon and Budakskyi Lagoon, and the Nitokra typica typica is found only in the Little Adzhalikskyi (Grigorievskyi) Lagoon and the Budakskyi Lagoon. The species Ameira parvula is found in the Little Adzhalikskyi (Grigorievskyi) Lagoon and Budakskyi Lagoon.