Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Aetideidae ( Family )
            Gaetanus ( Genus )
Gaetanus brevispinus  (Sars, 1900)   (F,M)
Syn.: Chiridius brevispinus Sars, 1900 (p.68, figs.F);
? Gaidius major Wolfenden, 1904 (p.114, Rem.F,M);
Gaidius intermedius Wolfenden, 1905 (p.6, figs.F); Farran, 1929 (p.208, 231); Hardy & Gunther, 1935 (p.157); Davis, 1949 (p.27, Rem.F); Vervoort, 1951 (p.81, Rem.); 1957 (p.6, 60, Rem.); Björnberg, 1973 (p.323, 386); Park, 1978 (p.131, figs.F,M, Rem.); Razouls, 1994 (p.73, figs.F,M); Errhif & al., 1997 (p.422);
Gaetanus intermedius : Séret, 1979 (p.71, figs.F); ? Hopkins, 1985 (p.167); ? Hopkins & Torres, 1988 (p.82, tab.2); ? Razouls & al., 2000 (tab. 5, Appendix); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2008 (p.1045: Tab.2);
Mesogaidius intermedius : Wolfenden, 1911 (p.224, figs.F);
Gaidius robustus Vervoort, 1949 (p.12, figs.F);
Gaidius affinis Sars, 1905 (p.9); 1925 (p.47, figs.F,M); Farran, 1908 b (p.32, Rem.); 1926 (p.249: juv., Rem.); Rose, 1933 a (p.97, figs.F,M); Jespersen, 1934 (p.60); Wilson, 1942 a (p.188); Sewell, 1948 (p.499, 545, 550, 566, 568); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.233); Vervoort, 1952 d (n°45, p.3, figs.F,M); 1957 (p.6, 56, figs.F, Rem.); 1963 b (p.126, Rem.); Grice, 1963 a (p.495); Björnberg, 1973 (p.323, 386); Park, 1975 a (p.11); Vives & al., 1975 (p.41, tab.II, XII); Bradford & Jillett, 1980 (p.58, figs.F,M);
Gaetanus affinis : Park, 1975 a (p.13); Vives, 1982 (p.291);
Gaidius brevispinus Sars, 1903 (p.162, figs.F); Pearson, 1906 (p.13, Rem.); With, 1915 (p.94, figs.F,M); Sars, 1925 (p.48); Rose, 1933 a (p.97, figs.F); Jespersen, 1934 (p.60); 1940 (p.19); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.159, figs.F,M); Tanaka, 1957 a (p.62, figs.F, no M); M.W. Johnson, 1963 (p.89, Table 1, 2); Tanaka & Omori, 1970 (p.119, Rem.); Minoda, 1971 (p.24); Shih & al., 1971 (p.32, 143, Rem.); Vidal, 1971 a (p.15, 26, 114, figs.F, M); Park, 1978 (p.127); Bradford & Jillett, 1980 (p.58, figs.F,M); Tupitsky, 1982 a (p.110, figs.); Hattori, 1991 (tab.1, Appendix); Richter, 1994 (tab.4.1a); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.687, Pl.45,46: F,M);
Ref. compl.: Lysholm & Nordgaard, 1921 (p.13); Wilson, 1942 a (p.188); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.13); Sewell, 1948 (p.496, 499); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.234); Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 (p.223); Harding, 1966 (p.17, 66, 71); Vinogradov, 1968 (1970) (p.256, 266); Morris, 1970 (p.2300); Björnberg, 1973 (p.323, 386); Groendahl & Hernroth, 1986 (tab.1); Kosobokova, 1989 (p.26); Mumm, 1993 (tab.1, fig.2); Hanssen, 1997 (tab.3.1); Bragina, 1999 (p.195); Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, tab. 5, Appendix); Yamaguchi & al., 2002 (p.1007, tab.1); Auel & Hagen, 2002 (p.1013, tab.2); Ikeda & al., 2006 (p.1791, Table 2); Gaard & al., 2008 (p.59, Table 1, N Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Ref.:
Markhaseva & Razzhivin, 1992 (1993) (p.611); Markhaseva, 1996 (p.187, figs.F,M, Notes. p.189); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.879, 922, figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.576, figs.F,M, Rem.); Park & Ferrari, 2009 (p.143, Appendix 1)
Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1978, 27. [p.132, Fig.18]. As Gaidius intermedius.
Female: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, idem (right lateral side); C, forehead (right lateral side); D, rostrum (anterior view); E, posterior part of metasome and urosome (right lateral side); F, idem (dorsal view); G, genital segment (ventral view); H, A2; I, Md.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1978, 27. [p.133, Fig.19]. As Gaidius intermedius.
Female: A, Mx1; B, Mx2; C, Mxp; D, P1 (anterior view); E, P2 (idem); F, P3 (idem); G, P4 (posterior view); H, medial part of coxa of P4 (posterior view)


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1978, 27. [p.134, Fig.20]. As Gaidius intermedius.
Male: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, idem (left lateral side); C, posterior part of metasome and urosome (dorsal view); D, idem (left lateral side); E, forehead (left lateral side); F, A2; G, P1 (anterior view); H, P2 (idem); I, P5 ( (posterior view); J, 2th and 3th exopodal segments of left P5 (posterior view).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Trudy Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.191, Fig.149].
Female (from Arctic Basin: Central part). R: rostrum (anterior); Ce: forehead (lateral); P.md: mandibular palp; Gntb Md: Gnathobase of Md (partial).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Trudy Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.192, Fig.150].
Female. CP4: coxopod of P4 (partial).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Trudy Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.193, Fig.151].
Female. Types of protopod of Mxp, Th5 & genital segment, rostrum in specimens from: A - (1) the central part of Arctic Basin, (2) the Norwegian Sea, (3) the north-western part of the Pacific Ocean; B - Northern Atlantic; C - (1) south-western part of the Pacific Ocean.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Trudy Zool. Inst. RAN, St. Petersburg, 1996, 268. [p.194, Fig.152].
Male (from Kuril Trench). Ce: cephalosome right side, lateral).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : J.M. Bradford & J.B. Jillett in Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst., 86, 1980. [p.59, Fig.38]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female: A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral right side); C, basipod 1 of Mxp.
Nota: basipod 1 of P4 with approximately 20 hair-like tubes on the inner posterior surface of the New Zealand specimens.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 9 of morphological figuresIssued from : W. Vervoort in Zool. Verh., Leiden, 1949, 5. [p. 13, Fig.5]. As Gaidius robustus.
Female (from Flores Sea): a, forehead (lateral); b, distal part of thorax and urosome (dorsal); c, idem (lateral right side); d, Mxp; e, 1st basal segment of Mxp.

Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment, 4th and 5th completerly fused. The abdominal segments and furca in the proportional lengths 39:15:13:11:22 = 100. A1 (24-free segments) scarcely reaches the lateral thoracic margin.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 10 of morphological figuresIssued from : W. Vervoort in Zool. Verh., Leiden, 1949, 5. [p. 13, Fig.5]. As Gaidius robustus.
Female (from Flores Sea): a, P1; b, P2; c, basal portion of P4. Nota: Posterior surface of the basipod of P4 with 5-6 rows of fine, hair like tubes riunning across the segment in its distal corner.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 11 of morphological figuresissued from : O. Tanaka in Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1957, VI (1). [p.63, Fig.38]. As Gaidius brevispinus.
Female (from Sagami, Japan): a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral left side); d, 1st basal segment of Mxp; e, P2.
Nota: lateral corners of last thoracic segment broadly rounded, with short oblique spine. Rostrum one-pointed, slightly notched at the apex. Proportional lengths of urosomites and furca 40:15:9:17:19 = 100. A1 (24-segmented) reaches back to distal end of 3rd urosomal segment. mx2 has a lamellous process on the posterior margin about the middle of 1st basal segment.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 12 of morphological figuresIssued from: G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.XIV, figs. 9-13].
Female: habitus (dorsal); 10, idem (lateral left side); 11, forehead (lateral); 12, rostrum (frontal view); 13, Mxp.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 13 of morphological figuresIssued from: G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.XV-127 (1924). [Pl.I, figs. 14-15]. As Gaidius affinis.
Male: 14, habitus (dorsal); 15, P5.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 14 of morphological figuresIssued from : K.A. Brodskii in Calanoida of the Far Eastern Seas and Polar Basin of the USSR. Opred. Fauna SSSR, 1950, 35 (Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967) [p.160, Fig.72]. As Gaidius brevispinus.
Female (from NW Pacif.): habitus (dorsal and lateral right side); R, rostrum; Mp2, Mxp; urosome (lateral right side); S1, P1; S2, P2; S4B1, inner distal margin of basipdal segment 1 of P4.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 15 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Report Ser. B, Vol. III., 1957 [Figs.35, 36]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female (from 47°43'S, 76°48'E):
Fig.35: a-b, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively).
Fig.36: a, c, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (lateral and dorsal, respectively); b, urosome (ventral).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 16 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Report Ser. B, Vol. III., 1957 [Fig.37]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female: a, left A1; b, forehead (lateral); c, Md (cutting edge); d, right Mxp.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 17 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Report Ser. B, Vol. III., 1957 [Fig.38]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female: a, left Md (mandibular palp); b, left A2; c, right Mx1; d, left Mx2.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 18 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Report Ser. B, Vol. III., 1957 [Fig.39]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female: a, right P1 (anterior); b-d, P2 to P4 (left legs).


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 19 of morphological figuresissued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Die Marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 1911. [224, Fig.12]. As Mesogaidius intermedius.
Female: a, habitus (lateral); b, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (lateral); c, A2; d, Mxp.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 20 of morphological figuresissued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Die Marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 1911. [Pl.XXVI, Figs.1-2]. As Mesogaidius intermedius.
Female: 1, P1; 2, P2.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 21 of morphological figuresissued from : G.P. Farran in Fish. Ire. Sci. Invest., 1906, II [1908]. [Pl. II, Figs.9-10]. As Gaidius affinis.
Female (from W Ireland): 9, P1; 10, P2.
Nota: Identification confirmed by G.O. Sars.


Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Plate 22 of morphological figuresissued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Plankton Studies Part I. Copepoda. 1905 [Pl.III, 4-5]. As Gaidius intermedius.
Female: 4, last thoracic segment and urosome (right lateral); 5, Mxp.

Compl. Ref.:
Tremblay & Anderson, 1984 (p.3); Kosobokova & al., 1998 (tab.2); Auel, 1999 (tab.2); Lapernat, 2000, (tabl.3, 4); Kosobokova & Hirche, 2000 (p.2029, tab.2); Holmes, 2001 (p.48); Kosobokova & al., 2007 (p.919, Tab.2, 4, 6, 7, fig.2); Morales-Ramirez & Suarez-Morales, 2008 (p.517); Gaard & al., 2008 (p.59, Table 1, N Mid-Atlantic Ridge); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.)
NZ: 21

Distribution map of Gaetanus brevispinus by geographical zones
Species Gaetanus brevispinus - Distribution map 4issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.40]. As Gaidius intermedius.
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, Mer de Weddell, Atlant. SW, S, Indien, Pacif. S, SW), South Georgia, sub-Antarct. (Indien, Pacif. SW, SE), off I. Prince Edward N, Namibie (in Carola, 1994), off Tristan da Cunha E, Atlant. (tempéré), G. de Guinée, off Mauritanie, off Madère, off Açores E, off Bermuda, Mer des Sargasses E, off Cap Cod SE, Cap Hatteras, off Woods Hole, G. du St. Laurent, Mer du Groenland, Mer de Norvège, Baie de Baffin, Détr. de Davis S, Islande, Arct. (central, Fletcher's Ice Is., Nansen Basin, Lomonosov Ridge), Mer de Chukchi, Canadian abyssal plain, Féroé, Mer de Laptev, Irlande W, Mer du Nord*, G. de Gascogne, Baie Ibéro-marocaine, Médit. W (Baléares), Mer de Sulu, Philippines, mers de Chine (Hong Kong), Japon (Izu, off Sanriku, Hokkaido), Station Knot, Mer d’Okhotsk, Kouriles-Kamtchatka, Is. Béring SW, off Aléoutiennes S, mer de Beaufort E, Pacif. NE, off Cap Flattery, I. Vancouver Is. (in C.B. Wilson, 1950), Nouvelle-Zélande, off Galapagos, W Costa Rica, off Pérou, Chili
N: 76
Lg.:
(1) F: 3,6; M: 2,3; (7) F: 4,05; M: 3,84; (10) F: 4,15-4; (14) F: 3,8-3,7; M: 2,08; (22) F: 4,8-4; M: 4-3,1; (24) F: 4,5-3,9; (25) F: 4,09; F: 4,59-4,19; (31) F: 4,83-4,74; (35) F: 4,6-4,32; (37) F: 4,9-3,6; M: 4,1-2,3; (39) F: 4,4; (41) F: 4-3,9; (65) F: 4,8; (113) F: 4,9-4,3; (134) F: 4,8; (208) F: 4,75; M: 4; (229) F: 4,65; M: 3,1; (246) F: 4,37-4,18; (1001) F: 4,4 ±0,15; {F: 3,60-4,90; M: 2,08-4,00}
Rem.: meso-bathypelagic, hadopelagic.
Sampling depth (Antarct., sub-Antarct.) : 0-600; 100-1000 m.
According to Vervoort (1951, p.82) , the female of Gaidius intermedius (= Gaetanus brevispinus) is easily recognized by the distinct, ventrally curved, slender lateral spines, the tubercle on the 2nd exopodal segment of A2, the lamella on the 1st segment of Mxp (acutely pointed in the specimens from the 'Willem barendsz' collection) and the shape of the rostrum; the short, notched rostrum is so much depressed that it points obliquely downwards; it is so much hidden by the basal portions ofthe A1 that it is almost invisible. The rostrum makes it distinguishable from the closely allied Gaetanus affinis, described by Sars (1905, 1925).
See remark on Gaetanus simplex.
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