Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Epacteriscoidea ( Superfamily )
        Epacteriscidae ( Family )
            Enantiosis ( Genus )
Enantiosis cavernicola  Barr, 1984   (F,M)
Ref.:
Barr, 1984 (p.161, figs.F,M); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.56, figs.)
Species Enantiosis cavernicola - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : D.J. Barr in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1984, 97 (1). [p.162, Fig.1].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, idem (lateral right side); c, genital segment (ventral); d, rostrum (frontal view); e, A1; f, lebrum; g, labium; h, Md.
Nota: A1 (25-segmented), reaching genital segment, segments3, 7, 12, 14 and 24 each with especially long seta. Md: endopod (1-segmented) bearing 2 short setae. Anal segment dentate posterodorsally.


Species Enantiosis cavernicola - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : D.J. Barr in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1984, 97 (1). [p.163, Fig.2].
Female: a, A2; b, Mx1; c, Mx2; d, Mxp; e, P1; f, P2; g, P3; h, P4; i, P5.


Species Enantiosis cavernicola - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : D.J. Barr in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1984, 97 (1). [p.165, Fig.3].
Male: a, habitus (dorsal); b, right A1; c, P5 (anterior); d, 1st basipods of P5 (posterior); e, left endopod of P5; f, left exopod of P5.
Nota: Posterodorsal margin of urosome segment 1 with 4 small teeth. Anal segment dentate posterodorsally. Right A1 (22-segmented), geniculate between segments 18 and 19.

Compl. Ref.:
Fosshagen & al., 2001 (p.316)
NZ: 1

Distribution map of Enantiosis cavernicola by geographical zones
Loc:
Bahamas (San Salvador Is.: caves), ? Philippines (Quezon)
N: 1
Lg.:
(382) F: 1,46-1,29; M: 1,23-1,15; {F: 1,29-1,46; M: 1,15-1,23}
Rem.: Mouthparts similar to those of Epacteriscus rapax.
Last update : 05/12/2007
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