Species Card of Copepod
Platycopioida ( Order )
    Platycopiidae ( Family )
        Platycopia ( Genus )
Platycopia perplexa  Sars, 1911   (F,M)
Ref.:
Sars, 1911 a (p.4, figs.F,M); 1919 (1921) (p.11, figs.F,M); Rose, 1933 a (p.165, figs.F,M); M.S. Wilson, 1946 (p.5, Rem.F,M); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.40, 435, figs.F,M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.47, fig.F)
Species Platycopia perplexa - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : G.O. Sars in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VII. Copepoda Supplement. Published by the Bergen Museum, (1919) 1921. [Pl. VI].
Female & Male.
Nota: L: labrum; R: rostrum; M: Md; m: Mx1; mp1: Mx2; mp2: Mxp..


Species Platycopia perplexa - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : G.O. Sars in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VII. Copepoda Supplement. Published by the Bergen Museum, (1919) 1921. [Pl. VII].
Female & Male.
Nota: Ri = endopodite.


Species Platycopia perplexa - Plate 3 of morphological figuresBoth A1 male nongeniculate.
Sexual dimorphism present in P5.
A2 exopod 6-segmented.
Exopod of Md indistinctly 3-segmented.
Mx2 not extremely modified.
Syncoxa of Mxp with 2 setae ......
P1 with 2-segmented exopod and 2-segmented endopod.
Exopod of P2 to P5 having inner setae; P2-P5 with 2 outer spines on 1st exopodal segment ...... Platycopia...... 3 - 1st and/or 2nd exopod segments of P3-P5 of female having inner setae or spines...... 4 - 2nd exopod segment of male P5 with 1 proximal spine along outer margin.

Compl. Ref.:
Holmes, 2001 (p.9); Brylinski, 2009 (p.253: Tab.1, p.257: Rem.)
NZ: 1

Distribution map of Platycopia perplexa by geographical zones
Species Platycopia perplexa - Distribution map 2
Chart of 1996
Loc:
Norway (Korshavn, southern coast), Pas de Calais (off Boulogne Harbour), S Ireland
N: 4
Lg.:
(132) F: 0,95; M: 0,83; {F: 0,95; M: 0,83}
Rem.: epibenthic.
M.S. Wilson (1946, p.5) points to after Sars that the female shows A1 with 23 segments (apparently 5 or 6 aesthetascs); A1 male 16-segmented (10 or 12 aesthetascs based on illustrations); legs 1 to 4 like female; exopod of P5 2-segmented, distal segment somewhat emongated, constricted near the proximal end and bearing a stout, hyaline franged spine at this point; end of segment transversaly truncated and carrying a thin partly ciliated lamella, flanked internally by a long styliform spine and on the outer edge by 2 unequal spines; endopod 3-segmented, 1st segment unarmed, 2nd bearing a long slender spine, 3rd with 5 short spines.
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