Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida (crustacea: Copepoda) of the Gulf of Gabès: a review

This study presents a faunal list of Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida in the Gulf of Gabès waters. A total of 30 Cyclopoida and 11 Harpcticoida species belonging to 5 and 8 families, respectively, were reported in this study area. Corycaeidae is the most diversified family with 10 species including the invasive Atlantic species, Ditrichocorycaeus amazonicus. The Oithonidae (mainly Oithona nana) were dominant in the coastal waters, whereas they declined in the offshore area, most likely due to the influence of the Atlantic Tunisian Current.

本研究列出了加贝斯湾水域中的剑水蚤目（Cyclopoida）和猛水蚤目（Harpacticoida）动物名录。研究区域共记录到30种剑水蚤目物种与11种猛水蚤目物种，分别隶属于5科和8科。隆剑水蚤科（Corycaeidae）物种多样性最高，含10种，其中包括入侵性大西洋物种Ditrichocorycaeus amazonicus。真剑水蚤科（Oithonidae，以小真剑水蚤（Oithona nana）为主）在近岸水域占优势，但在离岸区域数量减少，这很可能是受突尼斯大西洋流的影响所致。