Bradyidius plinioi - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Bradyidius plinioi Campaner, 1978 (F,M)

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Syn.:

Bradyidius plinioi plinioi & B. plinioi minor Campaner, 1978 (p.865, figs.F, juv.M, p.871, Descr.F, figs.F); B. plinoi : Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.918, figs.F)

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List of the studied authors )

Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.605, 630, figs.F); Alvarez, 1984 (p.94, Descr.M, figs.M); Othman & Greenwood, 1987 (p.1137, Rem.); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.879, 918, figs.F, as plinoi)

Species Bradyidius plinioi - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1978, 30 (7). [p.866, Figs. 2-7]. As Bradyidius plinoi plinoi.
Female (from continental shelf, Brazil): 2, habitus (dorsal); 3, idem (lateral right side); 4, rostrum (frontal ciew); 5, forehead (lateral); ; 6, last thoracic segment and genital segment (ventral); 7, A2.
Scale bars: 0.500 mm (2, 3); 0.200 mm (5); 0.100 mm (6, 7); 0.050 mm (4).
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate (with a very thin suture.

Species Bradyidius plinioi - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1978, 30 (7). [p.867, Figs. 8-14). As Bradyidius plinoi plinoi.
Female: 8, A1; 9, Md (mandibular palp); 10, Md (cutting edge); 11, Mx1; 12, 3rd inner lobe of Mx1; 13, 1st inner lobe of Mx1 (dorsal); 14, idem (ventral).
Scale bars: 0.500 mm (8); 0.100 mm (9, 11); 0.050 mm (10, 12-14).

Species Bradyidius plinioi - Plate 3 of morphological figures

issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1978, 30 (7). [p.868, Figs.15-19). As Bradyidius plinoi plinoi.
Female: 15, Mx2; 16, Mxp; 17, P1; 18, endopodite of P1; 19, P2; 20, endopodite of P2.
Scale bars: 0.100 mm.
Nota: Occurrence of a group of large spines on endopodite 2 of P2.

Species Bradyidius plinioi - Plate 4 of morphological figures

issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1978, 30 (7). [p.869, Figs. 21-23). As Bradyidius plinoi plinoi.
Female: 21, P3; 22, endopodite of P3; 23, P4.
Scale bars: 0.100 mm (21-23).
Scale bars: 0.100 mm (21-23).
Nota: Occurrence of a group of large spines on endopodite 2 of P3.

Species Bradyidius plinioi - Plate 5 of morphological figures

issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1978, 30 (7). [p.867, Figs. 29-34). As Bradyidius plinoi minor.
Female: 29, habitus (dorsal); 30, idem (lateral right side); ; 31, postero-lateral corners of last thoracic segment and genital segment (ventral); 32, exopodite of A2 (partial); 33, terminal part of 1st basipodite of Mxp; 34, Md (exopodite).
Scale bars: 0.500 mm (29-30; 0.050 (31-34).

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Markhaseva, 1998 (p.250, Fig.2)

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Distribution map of Bradyidius plinioi by geographical zones

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

S Brazil

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(218) F: 2,52-2,45 (plinioi plinioi); 1,95-1,85 (plinioi minor); (217) M: 1,5; {F: 1,85-2,52; M: 1,50}

Rem.:

hyperbenthic.
For Campaner (1978, p.871) the most interesting morphological feature of this species is the occurrence of a group of large spines on each endopodal segment 2 of P2 and P3, found in most of the Phaennidae and Scolecitrichidae.

Last update : 22/05/2013


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