Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Metridinidae ( Family )
        Pleuromamma ( Genus )
Pleuromamma indica  Wolfenden, 1905   (F,M)
Ref.:
Wolfenden, 1905 (1906) (p.1011, Descr.F,M, figs.M); Pesta, 1913 (p.33, fig.F); Sewell, 1932 (p.264, figs.F); Steuer, 1932 a (p.17, 47, 61, 74); 1933 (p.9, figs.F,M); Sewell, 1947 (p.168, Rem.); Delsman, 1949 (p.129); Grice, 1962 (p.215, figs.M); Tanaka, 1963 (p.24, figs.F,M); Saraswathy, 1966 (1967) (p.80); Ferrari, 1984 a (p.168, 170, Rem.); 1985 (p.19, 20, Rem.); J.S. Park & Mauchline, 1994 (p.108 & suiv., fig.F); Beckmann, 1995 (in Monoculus, n°29, p.6); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.839, tab.7); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2004 (p.1134: Rem.); Conway & al., 2003 (p.93, figs.F,M, Rem.)
Species Pleuromamma indica - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1963, XI (1). [p.25, Fig.160].
Female: a, urosome (left lateral side); b, basal part of A1; c, urosome (ventral).
Nota: The urosome segments and furca in the proportional lengths as 47:21:16:16 = 100. A1 extends to the posterior margin of the genital somite.

Male: d, urosome (dorsal); e, P5.
Nota: The pigment spot on the right side; In P2 the first segment of the endopod notched on the left side.


Species Pleuromamma indica - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : R.B.S. Sewell in The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports, VIII (1), 1947. [p.166, Fig.44, H]. Process on the posterior aspect of the 2nd basal segment of P1.
Remarks: The shape of the hook-like or spine-like process shows some variation in different genera, but it is undoubtedly homologous throughout the whole series. The function of this organ is unknown.


Species Pleuromamma indica - Plate 3 of morphological figuresIssued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1932, X (continued). [p265., Fig.89].
Female (from Laccadive Sea): a, habitus (lateral left side); b, proximal segments of A1; c, Mxp; d, P2; e, P3; f, P5.


Species Pleuromamma indica - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Fish. Bull. Fish and Wildl. Ser., 1962, 61. [p.217, Pl.22, Figs.1-7].
Male (from 00°29'N, 139°49'E)): 1-2, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 3, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal); 4, segments 17 to 23 of right A1; 5, P2 (only part ); 6, P5 (anterior); 7, same (posterior).
Nota: Abdomen symmetrical; divergent caudal rami; absence of teeth on segment 17 of the right A1. The 1st segment of both endopods of P2 are indented and claw-like (this claw-like indentation in P. abdominalis on only one endopod).

Compl. Ref.:
Sewell, 1948 (p.329, 521, 527, 530); Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.17); Vinogradov, 1968 (1970) (p.277); Patel, 1975 (p.659); Tranter, 1977 (p.596, 602); Sreekumaran Nair & al., 1981 (p.493), Almeida Prado Por, 1985 (p.250); Saraswathy, 1986 (p.186); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1986 (p.105, tab.1); Echelman & Fishelson, 1990 a (tab.2); Jiyalal Ram & Goswami, 1993 (p.129, tab.IV); Madhupratap & al., 1996 (p.866); Padmavati & al., 1998 (p.349, 352); Farstey & al., 2002 (p.97, fig.5); Gallienne & al., 2004 (p.5, tab.3); Kazmi, 2004 (p.228, Rem: p.232); Smith & Madhupratap, 2005 (p.214); Cornils & al., 2007 (p.278, Table 2); Prusova & Smith, 2005 (p.75); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.844: Tab.1); Wishner & al., 2008 (p.163, Table 2, fig.8, oxycline); Selifonova & al., 2008 (p.305, Tabl. 2); Selifonova, 2011 (p.77, Table 1, alien species in Black Sea);
NZ: 8

Distribution map of Pleuromamma indica by geographical zones
Species Pleuromamma indica - Distribution map 3issued from : M. Saraswathy in Mahasagar-Bull. Nat. Inst. Oceanogr., 1986, 19 (3). [p.187, Fig.1A].
Distribution of P. indica in the Indian Ocean (upper water column of 200 m).
Triangle: South West Moonsoon season: April 16 to October 15 (white triangle = negative stations; black = animals collected). Circle: North East Moonsoon season: October 16 to April 15 (white circle = negative stations; black = numbers of ianimals collected).
Nota: High densities were recorded in the area north of 10°N the Gulf of Oman and in the central Bay of Bengal. Towards the south it extends to 10°S in moderate numbers and further south the number decreases considerably and the species is completely absent south of 30°S except along the South African coast. Maximum number in a standard haul was obtained from a night station during the NE monsoon season, located near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.
Loc:
Afr. W & S, W Black Sea, G. d'Aqaba, Red Sea, G. d’Oman, Mer Arabe, off Madagascar SE, Rodrigues Is. - Seychelles, Mascarene Basin, NW India (Saurashtra coast), E India, G. du Bengale, Australie (W, North West Cape), Indonésie-Malaisie (Sunda Strait); Japon (Sagami Bay), off Japon SE
N: 41
Lg.:
(26) F: 2,41-2,2; M: 1,96; (44) F: 2-1,7; (78) F: 2,5-2,3; M: 2,05-2; (101) M: 2,04; (530) F: 2; (991) F: 2,06-2,72; M: 1,65-2,38; (991) F: 2,06-2,72; M: 1,62-2,38; (1047) F: 2,0; {F: 1,70-2,72; M: 1,96-2,38}
Rem.:
See in DVP Conway & al., 2003 (version 1)
: R. Stephen, 2007 : Data sheets of NIO, Kochi, India (on line).
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