Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Spinocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Spinocalanidae ( Family )
            Mospicalanus ( Genus )
Mospicalanus schielae  Schulz, 1996   (F, juv.M)
Ref.:
Schulz, 1996 (p.596, Descr. F, juv.5 M, figs.F, juv.M); Bode & al., 2017 (p.600, Table I, III, fig. 2, 3, 4, morphology vs genetic).
Species Mospicalanus schielae - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : K. Schulz in Polar Biol., 1996, 16. [p.597, Fig.1].
Female (from off E Antarctic Peninsula): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral right side); C, urosome (dorsal); D, idem (lateral right side); E, genital segment (ventral); F, A1 (incomplete); G, A2; H, Md.
Scale bars = 0.200 mm.
Nota: Exopod of A2: length subequal to endopod. Caudal rami with 4 distal setae and 1 small mediodistal seta running ventrally.


Species Mospicalanus schielae - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : K. Schulz in Polar Biol., 1996, 16. [p.598, Fig.2].
Female: A, Md (masticatory edge); B, Mx1; C, Mx2; D, Mxp; E, P1 (anterior); F, P2 (posterior); G, P3 (posterior); H, P4 (posterior).
Nota: Mx1 with praecoxal arthrite bearing 7 marginal spines and 3 setae (1 reduced and 1 posterior); coxal epipodite with 6 large and 3 small setae, endite with 5 setae; both proximal and distal basal endites each with 4 setae; endopod 3-segmented, separated from basis with 1, 2 and 5 setae (5th seta longest); exopod large with 11 marginal setae. Mx2: praecoxal endites with 4 and 3 setae, respectively; both coxal endites with 3 setae each; all endites with submarginal row of spinules; endopod 4-segmented with from proximal to dista one, 1, 1 and 3 setae. Endopodal segments 3 of P3-P4 with 2 outer setae.

Copepodid V Male: I, P5 (coxa lost).

Scale bars = 0.100 mm.

Compl. Ref.:
Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, tab. 2, Appendix); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2008 (p.1046: Tab.2); Bode & al., 2018 (p.66, fig.5, vertical distribution %).
NZ: 2

Distribution map of Mospicalanus schielae by geographical zones
Loc:
Antarct. (Antarctic Peninsula, W Weddell Sea); W Afr. S.
N: 4
Lg.:
(544) F: 2,18-2,11; juv.5 M: 2,13; (1252) F: 1,95-2,10; {F: 1,95-2,18}.
(1252) F: Pr/Ur = 3,4-4,7.
Rem.: bathypelagic.
Sampling depth (Antarct.) : 1000-3000 m. 2000-5000 m (25°S in Bode & al., 2017)
Last update : 20/11/2020
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