Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Calanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Paracalanidae ( Family )
            Acrocalanus ( Genus )
Acrocalanus gracilis  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)
Ref.:
Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.171, 175, 770, figs.F); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.25, Rem. F); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.233, 243); Wolfenden, 1905 (1906) (p.1003, Rem., figs.F,M); A. Scott, 1909 (p.29); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.204); Sewell, 1912 (p.359); 1914 a (p.209); Früchtl, 1924 b (p.41); Mori, 1929 (p.172, figs.F); Sewell, 1929 (p.79, figs.F, p.87: Rem. M), fig.M); Dakin & Colefax, 1933 (p.205); Farran, 1936 a (p.81); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.31, figs.F,M); Dakin & Colefax, 1940 (p.93, figs.F); Vervoort, 1946 (p.134, Rem.); Sewell, 1947 (p.53, Rem.); Tanaka, 1956 c (p.371, Rem. F,M, p.374: Rem.M); Tanaka, 1960 (p.27, figs.F, Rem.: anormalité); Brodsky, 1962 c (p.116, figs.F); Kasturirangan, 1963 (p.24, fig.F); Shen & Lee, 1963 (p.574); Chen & Zhang, 1965 (p.45, figs.F,M); Vinogradov, 1968 (1970) (p.78); Greenwood, 1976 (p.18); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.624, figs.F); Zheng & al., 1982 (p.28, Figs.F); Hiromi, 1987 (p.154); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.48, figs.F,M); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.846, Pl.136: F,M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.877, 909, figs.F,M); Conway & al., 2003 (p.154, figs.F,M, Rem.)
Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from: Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang in Studia Marina Sinica, 1965, 7. [Pl.10, 10-14].
Female (from E China Sea): 10, habitus (dorsal); 11, idem (lateral left side); 12, distal segment of exopod of P4 (posterior).

Male: 13, habitus (dorsal); 14, P5 (posterior).


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1929, X. [p.79, Fig.31].
Female (from Nicobar Is.): a, habitus (lateral left side); b, P1; c, P2; d, P3; e, P4.


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : T.E. Bowman in Bull. mar. Sc. Gulf Caribb., 1958, 8 (2). [p.119, Fig.1, E].
Female (from W Pacific equatorial): E, habitus (lateral).


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Mori inThe pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl.12, Figs.1-5].
Female: 1, habitus (lateral); 4, P1 (anterior); 5, P4 (posterior).
Nota: The external margins of the 3rd exopod segment of P2 to P4 are denticulate.

Male: 2, habitus (lateral); 3, P5.
Nota: The right leg of P5 is vestigial or absent; left leg 5-segmented.


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : Z. Zheng, S. Li, S.J. Li & B. Chen inMarine planktonic copepods in Chinese waers. Shanghai Sc. Techn. Press, 1982 [p.28, Fig.15].
Female: a-b, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); c, exopod of P4, P2 and P3.
Scale bars in mm.


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from T. Mori in Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 1929, 41 (486-487). [Pl. V, Fig.1].
Female (from Chosen Strait, Korea-Japan): 1, habitus (lateral).


Species Acrocalanus gracilis - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from T. Mori in Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 1929, 41 (486-487). [Pl. IV, Figs.24-25].
Female: 24, P4; 25, P2.

Compl. Ref.:
Cleve, 1904 a (p.184); Wilson, 1942 a (p.170); Sewell, 1948 (p.390, 395, 403, 407, 412, 422, 433); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.157); Krishnaswamy, 1953 (p.115); Chiba & al., 1957 (p.306); 1957 a (p.11); Fagetti, 1962 (p.13); Ganapati & Shanthakumari, 1962 (p.7, 15); De Decker, 1964 (p.14, 17, 28); De Decker & Mombeck, 1964 (p.11); Fleminger, 1967 a (tabl.1); Delalo, 1968 (p.137); Björnberg, 1973 (p.303, 384); Carter, 1977 (1978) (p.35); Chen Q-c, 1980 (p.794); De Decker, 1984 (p.315, 328: carte); 1984 a (p.157); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Binet, 1984 (tab.3); 1985 (p.85, tab.3); Almeida Prado Por, 1985 (p.250); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1986 (p.105, tab.1); Renon, 1987 (tab.2); Dessier, 1988 (tabl.1); Williams D. & al., 1988 (p.580); Echelman & Fishelson, 1990 a (tab.2); Hirakawa & al., 1990 (tab.3); Hirakawa, 1991 (p.376: fig.2); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1991 (1993) (tab.I); Godhantaraman, 1994 (tab.5, 6); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.71); Gouda & Panigrahy, 1995 (p.206); Go & al., 1997 (tab.1); Park & Choi, 1997 (Appendix); Wong & al., 1998 (tab.2); Mauchline, 1998 (tab.45); Hwang & al., 1998 (tab.II); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.110); Dolganova & al., 1999 (p.13, tab.1); Ueda & al., 2000 (tab.1); Dalal & Goswami, 2001 (p.22, fig.2); McKinnon & Duggan, 2001 (p.121); Lo & al., 2001 (1139, tab.I); Hwang & al., 2003 (p.193, tab.2); Shimode & Shirayama, 2004 (tab.2); Hsiao & al., 2004 (p.326, tab.1); Hsieh & al., 2004 (p.397, tab.1); Rezai & al., 2004 (p.489, tab.2); L0 & al. *, 2004 (p.218, tab.1); Lo & al., 2004 (p.468, tab.2); Chang & Fang, 2004 (p.456, tab.1); Lan & al., 2004 (p.332, tab.1, tab.2); Gallienne & al., 2004 (p.5, tab.3); Lo & al., 2004 (p.89, tab.1); Kazmi, 2004 (p.230); Shimode al., 2005 (p.113 + poster); Prusova & Smith, 2005 (p.75); Zuo & al., 2006 (p.163: tab.1); Hwang & al., 2006 (p.943, tabl. I); Hwang & al., 2007 (p.24); Dur & al., 2007 (p.197, Table IV); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.844: Tab.1); Morales-Ramirez & Suarez-Morales, 2008 (p.521); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); Pagano, 2009 (p.116); C.-Y. Lee & al., 2009 (p.151, Tab.2); Mendes Gusmao & McKinnon, 2009 (p.1089, development and production); Tseng & al., 2009 (p.327, fig.5, feeding)
NZ: 14

Distribution map of Acrocalanus gracilis by geographical zones
Loc:
Afr. S (E & W), Patagonie, Brésil, Cuba, Antilles, G. de Suez, G. d'Aqaba, Mer Rouge, G. d'Aden, Mer Arabe, Is. Maldives, Madagascar, Rodrigues Is. - Seychelles, Mascarene Basin, Natal, Indien, Ceylan (Pearl Banks), Inde (W, S, Madras, Rushikulya estuary, Lawson's Bay), G. du Bengale, Nicobar Is., Birmanie S, Straits of Malacca, Indonésie-Malaisie, Timor, Philippines, Viet-Nam (Baie de Cauda), Hong-Kong, mers de Chine, Taiwan (S, E, W, SW, Tapong Bay, Kaohsiung Harbor, NW, N, Mienhua Canyon), Okinawa, Corée S, Mer du Japon, Japon, off Japon SE, Aléoutiennes, Mer de Béring, off Washington, Californie, Basse Californie, G. de Californie, W Costa Rica, Clipperton Is., Pacif. W (équatorial), Australie (S, Grande Barrière, Baie Moreton, North West Cape), Nouvelle-Calédonie, Pacif. (équat.), Bikini, off Hawaii, Panama S, Is. Fidji, off Tuamotu NE, Galapagos, off Pérou, Chili
N: 119
Lg.:
(28) F: 1,35-1,04; M: 1,05-0,86; (29) F: 1-0,81; M: 1-0,8; (34) F: 1,3-1,2; (47) F: 1,2; (55) F: 1,32-1,25; M: 1,24-1,2; (66) F: 1,34-1,05; M: 1,19; (104) F: 1,4; (150) F: 1,8-1,15; M: 1,32-1,17; (290) F: 1,2-1,05; M: 0,95; (334) F: 1,4-1,3; (351) F: 1,06-0,99; M: 0,83-0,94; (786) F: 1,32-1,3; (795) F: 1,14; (1023) F: 1,33; {F: 0,81-1,80; M: 0,80-1,32}
Rem.: epipelagic, sometimes deeper.
See in DVP Conway & al., 2003 (version 1)
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