Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Clausocalanidae ( Family )
            Pseudocalanus ( Genus )
Pseudocalanus mimus  Frost, 1989   (F,M)
Ref.:
Frost, 1989 (p.544, figs.F,M); Bucklin & al., 2003 (p.335, tab. 2, fig.3, Biomol.)
Species Pseudocalanus mimus - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : B.W. Frost in Can. J. Zool., 1989, 67. [Fig.21, p.545].
Female: A, habitus (lateral view); B, anterior portion of cephalosome (lateral view from left side); C, Th1-Th3 (posteroventral margins lateral from left side); .

Male: D, habitus (lateral view); E, anterior portion of cephalosome (lateral view from right side); F, posterior portion of urosome; G, idem from Pseudocalanus elongatus; H, idem from Pseudocalanus moultoni.

All scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Compl. Ref.:
Shih & Marhue, 1991 (tab.2, 3); Hattori, 1991 (tab.1, Appendix); Gomez-Gutiérrez & Peterson, 1999 (p.637); Mackas & al., 2001 (p.685, Tab. 3, fig.3: interannual changes in species composition); Peterson & al., 2002 (p.353); Mackas & Galbraith, 2002 (p.725, tab.2a, 2b, fig.4,5,6); 2002 a (p.423, Table 2); Mackas & al., 2004 (p.875, Table 2); Mackas & Coyle, 2005 (p.707, fig.7); Mackas & al., 2005 (p.1011, 1021, tab.2); Hopcroft & al., 2005 (p.198, table 2); Mackas & al., 2006 (L22S07, Table 2); Hooff & Peterson, 2006 (p.2610); Liu & Hopcroft, 2008 (p.928: table II); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.); Hopcroft & al., 2009 (p.9, Table 3); Homma & Yamaguchi, 2010 (p.965, Table 2); Matsuno & al., 2012 (Table 1, 2, fig.6)
NZ: 4

Distribution map of Pseudocalanus mimus by geographical zones
Species Pseudocalanus mimus - Distribution map 2issued from : B.W. Frost in Can. J. Zool., 1989, 67. [p.529, Fig.3].
Geographical distribution of Pseudocalanus spp.
Loc:
Japon NE (off Sanriku); Mer de Béring (S, E), Canada Basin (rere);Chukchi Sea, off NW Alaska, Aléoutiennes, G. d’Alaska, Colombie Britannique, Vancouver Island, Oregon (off Newport)
N: 21
Lg.:
(122) F: 1,79-1,25; M: 1,29-0,91; {F: 1,25-1,79; M: 0,91-1,29}
Rem.: Characteristics according to Frost (1989): See limits of lenght measurements in the figure of the genus Pseudocalanus
Female: frontal part ogival in lateral view; posteroventral margins of Th1 and Th2 with no or very short spiniform processes; ratio of sizes B1/B2 <1.5; ratio Prosome/Urosome = 2.1 (1.95 - 2.24).
Male: ratio of sizes B1/B2 < 1.5; A1: ratio of the segments 8-12/20-21 < 2.0; U2-U4 with mediodorsal sensillum; ratio of size U2/U4 < 1.37; ratio Cephalosome/U2 size > 5.29 (5.09-5.63; Furca: length/width ratio > 1.5.
Last update : 11/09/2012
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