Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
Stephidae Sars, 1902 ( Clausocalanoidea )
Ref.: Sars, 1902 (1903) (p.60); Gurney, 1931 a (p.85); Rose, 1933 a (p.161); Fosshagen, 1970 (p.37); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1005); Bowman, 1976 (p.189, Rev., clé des G.); Razouls, 1982 (p.389); 1993 (p.311); Bowman & Abele, 1982 (p.9); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.144, 147); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.419, 467); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.132, Déf.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.913); Ohtsuka & Huys, 2001 (p.461); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.15; 49; 199: Def.; p.200: Clé des Genres); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.847)
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.: 4 G.: Miostephos, Parastephos, Speleohvarella, Stephos.
Family Stephidae - 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 Stephidae (Clausocalanoidea) and ancestral condition of setation.
(1) Miostephos Bowman, 1976
Ref.: Bowman, 1976 (p.185); Razouls, 1982 (p.393); 1993 (p.311); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.132, Déf.); Mauchline, 1998 (p.87: F; p.89:M); Bradford-Grieve, 2004 (p.287); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.200)
Rem.: Hyperbenthic forms. Type: Miostephos cubrobex Bowman,1976.
2 spp.
(2) Parastephos Sars, 1902
Ref.: Sars, 1902 (1903) (p.65); van Breemen, 1908 a (p.86); Sars, 1919 (1921) (p.5); Rose, 1933 a (p.163); Razouls, 1982 (p.393); Fleminger, 1988 (p.309); Razouls, 1993 (p.311); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.132, Déf.); Mauchline, 1998 (p.87, 89: F; p.89: M); Bradford-Grieve, 2004 (p.287); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.200)
Rem.: Hyperbenthic forms. Type: Parastephos pallidus Sars,1902. 3 spp.
(3) Speleohvarella Krsinic, 2005
Ref.: Krsinic, 2005 (p.608)
Rem.: Type: Speleohvarella gamulini. 1 sp.
(4) Stephos T. Scott, 1892
Syn.: Möbianus Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.51, 205); Stephus Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.29); Wolfenden, 1908 (p.21); 1911 (p.204)
Ref.: T. Scott, 1892 (p.245); Sars, 1902 (1903) (p.61); van Breemen, 1908 a (p.82, clé spp.); Rose, 1933 a (p.161, clé spp.); Strömgren, 1969 (p.5, Rem.); Fosshagen, 1970 (p.37); Razouls, 1982 (p.389); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.62, 63, 324); Razouls, 1993 (p.311); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.132, Déf.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.913); Mauchline, 1998 (p.87, 89: F; p.89: M); Bradford-Grieve, 1999 a (p.13, 25: Rem.M); Bradford-Grieve, 2004 (p.287); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.200); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.848, spp. Key)
Rem.: Hyperbenthic forms. Type: Stephos minor T. Scott,1892. 28 spp. (of which 1 doubtful) and 1 juv. unidentified.
Remarks on dimensions and sex ratio:
The mean female size is 0,887 mm (n= 23; S= 0,257; Cv= 0,289) and the mean male size is 0,818 mm (n= 22; S= 0,269; Cv= 0,328). The size ratio (M/F) is 0,921 ou 92,1 % (n= 20; S= 0,042; Cv= 0,046). The sex ratio (F/M) is 1,04.

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