title: Genetic analyses of non-native species Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. &amp; Orsi, 1984 in the Black Sea
abstract: A non-native species of the cyclopoid copepod in the genus Oithona was first recorded in the Black Sea in 2001 and was initially identified as Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891. During the following years, this species became widely distributed first in the coastal then in the open areas of the Black Sea and later spread into the adjacent Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. Recent detailed re-examination of morphological features of this Oithona species indicated it is not O. brevicornis, b
journal: BioInvasions Records