Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Spinocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Spinocalanidae ( Family )
            Mimocalanus ( Genus )
Mimocalanus cultrifer  Farran, 1908   (F,M)
Syn.: no Mimocalanus cultrifer : Tanaka, 1956 c (p.387)
Ref.:
Farran, 1908 b (p.23, Descr.F, figs.F); 1926 (p.244); Rose, 1933 a (p.86, figs.F); Vervoort, 1946 (p.156, Rem.); Farran & Vervoort, 1951 h (n°40, p.3, figs.F); Vervoort, 1957 (p.42, figs.F, Rem.); Minoda, 1971 (p.22); Grice, 1971 (p.279, ? figs.F); Damkaer, 1975 (p.68, figs.F); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.305, Rem.F,M, figs.F); Roe, 1984 (p.356); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.99, figs.F, Rem.); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.878, 913, figs.F); Park & Ferrari, 2009 (p.143, Appendix 1)
Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : D.M. Damkaer in NOAA Technical Report NMFS CIRC-391, Seattle, 1975. [p.68, Fig.164-168].
Female: 164, habitus (dorsal); 165, idem (left lateral side); 166, P1; 167, P2; 168, P4. P2-4: incomplete legs.


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : Brodsky K.A., Vyshkvartseva N.V., Kos M.S. & Markhaseva E.L. in Opred. Faune SSSR, 1983, 135. [p.306, Fig.148].
Female. P. md = mandibular palp.


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Cah. Biol. Mar., 1971, XII. [p.278, Fig.3 C-D]. With doubt.
Female (from Medit.): C, habitus (lateral left side); D, Mxp (coxa and basis).
Nota: Rostrum absent. 2nd endopod segment of Mxp less than twice the length of 1st segment. Posterior surfaces of P2-P4 without spines.


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Rep.-Ser. B, III, 1957. [Fig.12].
Female (from 61°44'S, 77°59'E): a-b, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively); c-e, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome, respectively); d, right Md (cutting edge).
Nota: Proportional lengths of prosome and urosome as 9:2. Cephalon and 1st thoracic somite almost completely fused (line of separation visible on the dorsal surface only), 4th and 5th completely separated. Frontal organ scarcely distinguishable in lateral aspect but can be recognized by a pair of fine hairs. Postero-lateral thoracic corners covering about 3/4 of the genital somite. Urosome 4-segmented; proportional lengths of urosomal segments and caudal rami 30:20:16:13:21 = 100. Anal somite with distinct, rounded anal flap. A1 24-segmented (8th-9th are partly and 24th-25th segments completely fused) reaching beyond the caudal rami by the last 4 segments.


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Rep.-Ser. B, III, 1957. [Fig.13].
Female: a, right A1; b, right Mxp; c, left Mx1; d, left A2; e, right Mx2; f, right Md (mandibular palp).
Nota: 1st endopodal segment 4 times as long as wide; terminal segment of exopod with 3 apical setae (1 seta at the middle of the segment has not been observed, such a seta has been figured by Farran (1908, Pl.I, fig.2).


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Rep.-Ser. B, III, 1957. [Fig.14].
Female: a, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (ventral view); b, right P1 (anterior aspect).


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Rep.-Ser. B, III, 1957. [Fig.15].
Female: a-c, P2 to P4 (right legs).


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : G.P. Farran in Fish. Ire. Sci. Invest., 1906, II [1908]. [Pl. I, Figs.6-7].
Female: 6-7, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively).


Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Plate 9 of morphological figuresissued from : G.P. Farran in Fish. Ire. Sci. Invest., 1906, II [1908]. [Pl. I, Figs.5, 8, 9].
Female: 5, A1; 8, P1; 9, Mx2.

Compl. Ref.:
Sewell, 1948 (p.483, 499, 545, 550); Grice, 1963 a (p.495); Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 (p.223, 227); 1967 (p.14); Fleminger, 1967 a (tabl.1); Park, 1970 (p.475); Deevey, 1971 (p.224); Roe, 1972 (p.277, tabl.1, tabl.2); Björnberg, 1973 (p.322, 388); Kovalev & Schmeleva, 1982 (p.83); Vives, 1982 (p.290); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab., Rem.: p.165); Greze & al., 1985 (p.7, as cultifer); Rudyakov, 1986 (tab.1); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.58); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.74); Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, tab. 5, Appendix); Holmes, 2001 (p.41); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2008 (p.1046: Tab.2); Raybaud & al., 2008 (p.1765, Table A1); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2010 (p.2064, Table 2: E Atlantic subtropical/tropical); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.427); Medellin-Mora & Navas S., 2010 (p.265, Tab. 2)
NZ: 17

Distribution map of Mimocalanus cultrifer by geographical zones
Species Mimocalanus cultrifer - Distribution map 4issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.11]
Chart showing the geographical distribution (white triangle) in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent.
Nota: In this chart the area frequented by whaling vessels has been hatched. The Antarctic circle (66°.5 S) has been drawn as a broken line. The numbers I to VI refer to the sectors into which the Antarctic seas are divided according to Mackintosh (1942) (after Vervoort, 1951).
Loc:
Antarct. (Péninsule, W Weddell Sea, Indien), sub-Antarct. (Indien), Atlant. (SE, NE, NW), Brésil, off Amazone, Canaries, off Cap Finisterre W, G. de Gascogne, Mer des Antilles, Caribbean Colombia, G. du Mexique, off Bermuda, off Cap Cod S, off Irlande W, Medit. (Mer d'Alboran, Thyrrenian Sea, Ligurian Sea), Indien, Indonésie-Malaisie, Mer de Chine (East China Sea, South China Sea), Japon, Pacif. N & SW, Mer de Béring, off Aléoutiennes S, off San Francisco, Californie, Pacif. W (équatorial), Tasmanie S, Chili
N: 30
Lg.:
(13) F: 1,7-1; (24) F: 1,44; (25) F: 1,7-1,6; (28) F: 1,91-1,17; (38) F: 1,6-1,3; (199) F: 1,6-1,22; M: 1,14; (208) F: 1,95-1,55; {F: 1,00-1,95; M: 1,14}
Rem.: Meso- to abyssopelagic.
Sampling depth (Antarct., sub-Antarct.) : 0-1000 m.
The male has been reported but not yet described.
According to Grice & Hulesemann (1965, p.227) the left leg of P5 is longer than the right leg, whereas in M. nudus the two legs are equal.
Last update : 09/04/2012
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