Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
Mesaiokeratidae Matthews, 1961 ( Clausocalanoidea )
Ref.: Matthews, 1961 (p.37,38); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1005, 1009); Fosshagen, 1978 (p.182: Definition); Razouls, 1982 (p.373); 1993 (p.310); Bowman & Abele, 1982 (p.9); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.419); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.133, Déf.); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.881, 902, 904, 935); Ohtsuka & Huys, 2001 (p.461); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.16; 49; 142: Def., Rem. p.144: la validité de cette famille n'est pas encore bien établie par une analyse phylogénétique); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.674)
Bradford-Grieve J.M., (2002 onwards). Key to calanoid copepod families. Version 1 : 2 oct 2002. http://www.crustacea.net/crustace/calanoida/index.htm
Rem.: 1 G.: Mesaiokeras.
Family Mesaiokeratidae - Plate 1issued from : E.L. Markhaseva & F.D. Ferrari in Invert. Zool., 2005, 2 (2). [p.162, Table 4]
Setation of oral parts in females Mesaiokeratidae (Clausocalanoidea) and ancestral condition of setation.
(1) Mesaiokeras Matthews, 1961
Ref.: Matthews, 1961 (p.33, 38); Fosshagen, 1978 (p.183: Def.); Razouls, 1982 (p.373); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.49, 324); Razouls, 1993 (p.310); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.133, Déf.); Mauchline, 1998 (p.87, 88: F; p.90: M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.935: clé spp.); Bradford-Grieve, 2004 (p.287); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.144, clé des espèces); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.675, spp. Key)
Rem.: Hyperbenthic forms.
On the occasion of the description of this new genus, Matthews discusses the validity of two sections Amphascandria and Isokerandria.
The family Mesaiokeratidae shows characters that are similar to those of the Scolecitrichidae and the Diaixidae.
Type: Mesaiokeras nanseni Matthews,1961. 9 spp.
Remarks on dimensions and sex ratio:
The mean female size is 0,424 mm (n= 4; S= 0,065; Cv= 0,153) and the mean male size is 0,431 mm The size ratio (M/F) is 0,885 oo 88,5 % (n= 4; S= 0,019; Cv= 0,021). The sex-ratio (F/M) is 0,57.

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