title: The first occurrence of the order Mormonilloida (Copepoda) in the tropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean.
abstract: This communication is the first report of the occurrence of the order Mormonilloida (Mormonilla phasma) in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Female individuals were found in surface waters from the shelf break state of Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern Brazil) and between depths of 60 and 100 m in the epipelagic layer around the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (equatorial Atlantic). This finding extends the vertical limits for this species.
authors: Departmento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
authors: Pedro Augusto M C
authors: PA
authors: Melo
authors: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Serra Talhada, PE, Brasil.
authors: Mauro
authors: M
authors: De Melo Júnior
authors: Departmento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
authors: Moacyr
authors: M
authors: Araújo
authors: Departmento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
authors: Sigrid
authors: S
authors: Neumann-Leitão
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001938:Brazil; D033342:Copepoda / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D011156:Population Density