Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Scolecitrichidae ( Family )
            Neoscolecithrix ( Genus )
Neoscolecithrix watersae  (Grice, 1972)   (F,M)
Syn.: Xanthocalanus watersae Grice, 1972 a (p.233, figs.F,M); Vyshkvartzeva (2000, p.217: Rem.)
Ref.:
Campaner, 1978 a (p.968, Rem.); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.123); Hulsemann, 1985 (p.60, 61, Rem.)
Species Neoscolecithrix watersae - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Crustaceana, 1972, 23 (3). [p.231, Figs.83-90]. As Xanthocalanus watersae.
Female (from off S Cap Cod): 83, habitus (lateral right side); 84, forehead (ventral); 85, posterior end of prosome and urosome (lateral right side); 86, genital segment (ventral); 87, A2; 88, Md (mandibular palp); 89, md (cutting edge); 90, Mx2.
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment fused, 4th and 5th separate. Rostrum with 2 filaments. 5th thoracic segment ends in 2 subequal points. Genital segment with group of spines on each side.


Species Neoscolecithrix watersae - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Crustaceana, 1972, 23 (3). [p.232, Figs.91-100]. As Xanthocalanus watersae.
Female: 91, Mx1: 92, Mxp; 93, P5; 94, P5 (other side).

Male: 95, habitus (dorsal); 96, urosome (dorsal); 97, posterior end of prosome (lateralleft side); 98, A1; 99, P5; 100, P5 (other side).
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment fused, 4th and 5th separate. Rostrum with 2 filaments. First 3 segments of left P5 with numerous spines.


Species Neoscolecithrix watersae - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : K. Hulsemann in Polar Biol., 1985, 5. [p.61, Table 2].
Selected characters in females. B = basipod; Ri = endopod; Re = exopod; * = No information.

Compl. Ref.:
Bradford-Grieve, 2004 (p.285)
NZ: 1

Distribution map of Neoscolecithrix watersae by geographical zones
Loc:
NW Atlant. (off S Cape Cod)
N: 1
Lg.:
(213) F: 1,86; M: 1,92-1,75; {F: 1,86; M: 1,75-1,92}
Rem.: bathypelagic (1465-1500 m), hyperbenthic.
This species resembles Neoscolecithrix koehleri Canu, 1896.
According to Campaner (1978 a, p.968) Xanthocalanus watersae (Grice, 1972) , from the structure of the P5, the species must be removed to the genus Neoscolecithrix.
Last update : 03/03/2015
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