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Cyclopoida ( Order ) |
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Corycaeidae ( Family ) |
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Corycaeus ( Genus ) |
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Onychocorycaeus ( Sub-Genus ) |
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Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) pumilus M. Dahl, 1912 (F,M) | |
| | | | | | | Syn.: | Corycaeus medius Gurney, 1927 (p.165, figs.F,M, Rem.); Sewell, 1948 (p.441); El-Serehy & al., 2001 (p.116, Table 1: abundance vs transect in Suez Canal); El-Serehy & al., 2013 (p.2099, Rem.: p.2101)
Onychocorycaeus pumilus : Binet, 1984 (tab.3); 1985 (p.85, tab.3); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.493, as pumilis); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.844: Tab.1); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.240, figs.F,M, Rem.) | | | | Ref.: | | | M. Dahl, 1912 (p.91, figs.F,M); Farran, 1936 a (p.138, Rem.); Sewell, 1947 (p.287, Rem.F, Rem.: comparison between pumilus and medius.); Tanaka, 1960 (p.86, figs.M, Rem.); Fagetti, 1962 (p.54); Chen & al., 1974 (p.64, figs.F); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.966, Pl.216,217: F,M); |  issued from : Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang & C.-s. Zhu in Studia Marina Sinica, 1974, 9. [Pl.21, Figs.14-17]. Female (from China Seas): 14, habitus (dorsal); 15, A2; 16, terminal spine of exopodite 3 of P2; 17, P4.
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 issued from : M. Dahl in Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd II, G. f1. I. Die Corycaeinen 1912. [Taf.XII, Figs.21, 22]. Female: 21, habitus (dorsal); 22, idem (lateral left side).
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 issued from : M. Dahl in Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd II, G. f1. I. Die Corycaeinen 1912. [Taf.XII, Figs.25, 28]. Female: 25, A2; 28, P2.
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 issued from : M. Dahl in Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd II, G. f1. I. Die Corycaeinen 1912. [Taf.XII, Figs.23, 24]. Male: 23, habitus (dorsal); 24, idem (lateral right side).
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 issued from : M. Dahl in Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd II, G. f1. I. Die Corycaeinen 1912. [Taf.XII, Figs.26, 27]. Male: 26, A2; 27, P2
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 Issued from : O. Tanaka in Spec. Publs. Seto mar. biol. Lab., 10, 1960 [Pl. XXXVII, 4-8]. Male (from 35°09'S, 20°13'E): 4, cephalothorax (dorsal); 5, abdomen (dorsal); 6, same (lateral); 7, A2; 8, exopod of P2. Nota: - Cephalothorax and abdomen in the proportional lengths 62 to 38. - Head about as long as broad; eyes separated by 3/5 of its greatest diameter. - Wing-like expansion of the 3rd thoracic segment to the level of the 1/3 of the genital segment. - Posterior orocesses of the 4th thoracic segment terminates into small slightly outturned prominences. - Abdominal segments and caudal rami in the proportional lengths 49 : 25 : 26 = 100. - Genital segment 1.7 times as long as broad; ventral surface with a small median hook which directs somewhat posteriorly; cylindrical part of the segment half the length of the segment; no spinules observed on the posterior border of the segment. - Anal segment of the same width throughout its length, and 2 times as long as broad. - In A2 the spine arising from the 1st basal segment about as long as that from the 23nd segment. - Terminal spine of the 3rd exopodal segment of P2 straight and of usual structure.
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 Issued from : R. Gurney in Trans.zool. Soc. London, 1927, 22. [p.166, Fiog.26]. As Corycaeus medius. Female (from Suez Canal): A, last thoracic segments and abdomen (dorsal); B, A2; C, terminal spine of exopodal segment 3 of P2; D, anal somite and furca; E, P4. Male (from Port Taufiq: Suez): F, habitus (dorsal); G, abdomen (lateral); H, last thoracic segments and abdomen (dorsal); J, A2. Nota female: - Thorax nearly twice the length of the abdomen (49 : 26). - Eyes separated by about 2/3 their greatest diameter. - 1st thoracic somite nearly 1/2 total length of body, about 3/4 as wide as long. - 3rd somite with broad, backwardly pointing wings, very sharp at ends and reaching beyond middle of genital somite. - 4th somite distinctly marked off dorsally from third and produced on either side into a short pointed process. - Genital somite 2/3 as wide as long (29 : 20) with 1 seta at each genital opening. Ventral margin straight, without hook. Relative length of genital somite, anal somite and furca 29 : 11 : 9. - Furca short, usually divergent. Width of ramus nearly 1/2 length (7 : 18). Longest seta more than 4 times as long as furca (37 : 9). - A2 resembles that of C. catus, 2nd segment a little more than 1/2 as broad as long, and inner margin ending in 2 very strong teeth. Terminal claw short, scarcely longer than 3rd segment. Spine of basal segment very long, reaching far beyond end of 2nd segment; nearly 3 times as long as spine of 2nd segment. Terminal spine of exopod of P2 straight. - Terminal spine of P3 of same length as 3rd segment. Nota male: - Abdomen about 2/3 length of thorax. - Eyes separated by half greatest diameter. - 3rd thoracic somite with long tapering processes reaching about 1/3 length genital somite. - Processes of 4th somite with small, slightly out-turned points. - Relative length of genital somite, anal somite and furca 31 : 15 : 15. - Genital somite with distinct anterior ventral hook. - Longest seta of furca more than twice as long as furca (37 =: 15). - Terminal spine of P2 straight. - Terminal spine of P1 shorter than 3rd segment. - Endopod of P4 with 1 seta.
| | | | | Compl. Ref.: | | | Wilson, 1942 a (p.182); Sewell, 1948 (p.393); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.195); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Greze & al., 1985 (p.8, as pumilis); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.76); Noda & al., 1998 (p.55, Table 3, occurrence); Lavaniegos & Gonzalez-Navarro, 1999 (p.239, Appx.1); Ueda & al., 2000 (tab.1); Lo & al., 2001 (1139, tab.I); Lo & al., 2004 (p.89, tab.1); Hwang & al., 2006 (p.943, tabl. I); Hwang & al., 2007 (p.25); Tseng L.-C. & al., 2008 (p.153, fig.5, Table 2, occurrence vs geographic distribution, indicator species); Tseng L.-C. & al., 2008 (p.46, table 2, abundance vs moonsons); C.-Y. Lee & al., 2009 (p.151, Tab.2); Tseng L.-C. & al., 2011 (p.47, Table 2, occurrences vs mesh sizes); Johan & al., 2012 (2013) (p.1, Table 1); Tseng & al., 2012 (p.621, Table 3: abundance); Palomares-Garcia & al., 2018 (p.178, Table 1: occurrence) | | | | NZ: | 14 | | |
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Distribution map of Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) pumilus by geographical zones
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Loc: | | | South Africa (off Cape of Good Hope), Ibero-moroccan Bay, Medit. (Alboran Sea, Port Saïd), Suez Canal, Ismaïlia, Port Taufiq, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Madagascar (Nosy Bé), Indonesia-Malaysia, Sarawak: Bintulu coast, Bismarck Archipelago, Philippines, China Seas (East China Sea, South China Sea), Taiwan (S, SW, N: Mienhua Canyon, NW, NE), S Japan (Kuchinoerabu Is.), Japan, Australia (North West Cape, Great Barrier), New Caledonia, off Hawaii, Pacif. (N tropical), off W Clipperton Is., S Baja California (La Paz), G. of California, off N Chile, Bering Sea, Aleutian Is. | | | | N: | 35 | | | | Lg.: | | | (11) F: 0,73-0,65; (34) F: 0,76-0,66; M: 0,7; (66) M: 0,73; (109) F: 0,77-0,75; (178) F: 0,74-0,80; M: 0,66; (666) F: 0,68-0,65; M: 0,65-0,63; (866) F: 0,81; M: 0,7; {F: 0,65-0,81; M: 0,63-0,73} | | | | Rem.: | After Gurney (1927, p.167) C. medius [= C. pumilus] the species resembles to C. catus Dahl, but presents several small differences: the size, which, according to Dahl, is an important distinguishing character and is apparently not subject to great variation, smaller (female 0.87-1.18, male 0.78-0.99 male for catus vs female 0.65-0.81, male 0.63-0.73 for pumilus); also shortness and thickness of furcal rami; length of furcal setae; relative shortness of terminal claw of A2. In the male the differences are less.
Sewell (1947, p.287, Female) notes: The proportional lengths of the abdominal segments and the caudal rami as 60.3 : 22.4 : 17.3. The spine of the 3 rd thoracic segment is sharply pointed and reaches to 2/3 the length of the genital segment. The anal segment tapers posteriorly, so that the anterior diameter is half as long again as the posterior, the proportions being as 15 to 10. Caudal rami slightly more than twice as long as broad and measure 10 by 4.5; each caudal ramus bears a short spine less than half the length of the ramus itself, but the inner seta is somewhat longer than is stated by M. Dahl (10 : 6), in the present specimens the proportional lengths are as 30 : 10. A1 6-segmented, that have the proportional lengths of 19, 14, 18, 25, 13,11. P2 in M. Dahl (1912, Pl.XII, fig.28) appears to have been taken from an abnormal specimen (there are only 2 marginal spines on the 3rd exopodal segment. In the present specimen there are the usual 3 marginal spines. For Sewell, the differences in size between C. medius and C. pumilus are due to relatively important differences in salinity between the two sites (Suez Canal for the first, and the Bismarck Archipelago for the second). The differences in temperature between the two sites, however, are not brought up.
After Tanaka (1960, p.87), according Farran' specimen of pumilus from the Great Barrier Reef comes nearer to pumilus than to medius. Farran's specimen of pumilus differed from M. Dahl's in the length of the caudal seta, and agreed to medius in the form of the abdomen and terminal setae of the caudal rami. Tanaka inclined to regard the both species medius and pumilus as identical.
The presence of this species in the extreme north Pacific is surprising.
For Boxshall & Halsey (2004, p.491) the subgenus (Dahl, 1912) is considered as full generic status pending phylogenetic revision of the whole family at the generic level. The denomination pumilis is no doubt more correct.
After El-Serehy & al. (2001, p.119) the species is rare in the Suez Canal but present between Suez and the Great Bitter Lake monthly during the period June 1994 to May 1995. | | | Last update : 13/11/2020 | |
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