Temoridae Family - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Calanoida ( Order )	details
Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )	details

Abbreviations or symbols

Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893 ( Diaptomoidea )

Syn.:

Temorina Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.60); Temorinae Esterly, 1905 (p.173)

Ref.:

Sars, 1902 (1903) (p.95, Rev.); Gurney, 1931 a (p.84); Wilson, 1932 a (p.103); Rose, 1933 a (p.169); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.83, 279); Gonzalez & Bowman, 1965 (p.248); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1005); Razouls, 1982 (p.395); 1993 (p.308); Bowman & Abele, 1982 (p.9); Dussart & Defaye, 1983 (p.47); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.142, 146); Zheng Zhong & al., 1984 (1989) (p.241, clé des G.); Sazhina, 1985 (p.50); Mauchline, 1988 (p.712, 740: pores cuticulaires); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.467); Razouls, 1993 (p.308); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.916); Barthélémy, 1999 a (p.24); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.884, 902, 904, 953, 954: clé des G.); Bradford-Grieve,1999 b (p.155, Déf., Rem.); Ohtsuka & Huys, 2001 (p.461); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.12; 49; 205: Def., Key G.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.521); Blanco-Bercial & al., 2011 (p.103, Table 1, Fig.2, 3, 4, Biol. mol, phylogeny)
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.:

This family encloses only one marine genus: Temora Baird,1850; and three brackish- and freshwater genera: Eurytemora Giesbrecht,1881; Heterocope Sars,1863; Epischura Forbes, 1882; plus maybe Lamellipodia Schmeil,1897 . Oliveira, 1946 (1947) (p.463 & foll.) describes three genera: Lahmeyeria, Ganchosia, Manaia, of which the type species are juvenile forms belonging to other families.
Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.521, 528) maintain the genus Temoropia in the Temoridae family.

(0) Eurytemora Giesbrecht, 1881

Species, varieties and details

Syn.:

Temorella Claus, 1881; Canu, 1892 (p.173)

Ref.:

Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.102, clé spp.); Sars, 1902 (1903) (p.97, 99); van Breemen, 1908 a (p.98, clé spp.); Esterly, 1924 (p.93); Gurney, 1931 a (p.182, clé spp.); Wilson, 1932 a (p.107, clé spp.); Rose, 1933 a (p.171, clé spp.); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.66); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.279, clé spp.); Tanaka, 1963 (p.15); Dussart, 1967 (p.69, clé spp.); Heron & Damkaer, 1976 (p.127, Rem.); Kos, 1977 a (p.20, Rev.); Razouls, 1982 (p.398); Gardner & Szabo, 1982 (p.313); Dussart & Defaye, 1983 (p.47); Zheng Zhong & al., 1984 (1989) (p.242, Rem.); Ferrari, 1992 (p.392, tab.3); Razouls, 1993 (p.308); Kos, 1993 (p.30, clé spp.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.917); Mauchline, 1998 (p.93: F,M); Bradford-Grieve,1999 b (p.155, Déf., Rem.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.207)

Rem.:

Freshwater species, some forms are brackish. Analysis of this genus provisional, not included in the matrix and in the treatment of geographic data. Type: Temora affinis Poppe,1880. 22 spp.

After Heron & Damkaer (1976, p.127), Gurney (1931) suggested that Eurytemora may have evolved from the marine genus Temora in the ''arctic sea of glacial times''.

(1) Temora Baird, 1850

Species, varieties and details

Syn.:

Halitemora Giesbrecht,1881 (p.257)

Ref.:

Brady, 1878 (part., p.53); Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.60, 328); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.100, clé spp.); Wheeler, 1901 (p.174); Sars,1902 (1903) (p.96); A. Scott, 1909 (p.118); Sewell, 1932 (p.244); Wilson, 1932 a (p.103, clé spp.); Rose,1933 a (p.169); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p. 64); Dakin & Colefax, 1940 (p.92, clé spp.); Carvalho, 1952 a (p.147); Tanaka, 1963 (p.13); Gonzalez & Bowman, 1965 (p.248); Ramirez, 1966 (p.13); Razouls,1982 (p.395); Zheng Zhong & al.,1984 (1989) (p.241, clé spp.); Mauchline, 1988 (p.712, pores cuticulaires); Ferrari, 1992 (p.392, tab.3); Razouls,1993 (p.308); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.916); Mauchline, 1998 (p.76; p.95);Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.954: clé spp.); Bradford-Grieve,1999 b (p.157, Déf.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.207); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.521, spp. Key)

Rem.:

Type: Temora finmarchica Baird,1850. 5 spp. (+ 1 doubtful).

Remarks on dimensions and sex ratio:

The mean female size is 1,515 mm (n= 4; S= 0,267; Cv= 0,176) and the mean male size is 1,384 mm (n= 4; S= 0,235; Cv= 0,170). The size ratio (M/F) is 0,919 or 91,9 % (n= 4; S= 0,091; Cv= 0,099). The sex-ratio (F/M) is 1.