Gaussia asymmetrica - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Gaussia asymmetrica Björnberg & Campaner, 1988 (F)

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List of the studied authors )

Björnberg & Campaner, 1988 (p.351, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.883, 948, figs.F); Suarez-Morales, 2007 (p.41, tabl.4); Soh & al., 1998 (p.181-183).

Species Gaussia asymmetrica - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : T.K.S. Björnberg in Hydrobiologia, 1988, 167/168. [p.352, Fig.1, A, B, C, G, H];
Female (from NE San Fernando de Noronha): A, habitus (dorsal); B, forehead (lateral); ; C, anal operculum; G, proximal part of a caudal seta (enlarged from A: arrow); H, luminous gland openings in the anal segment and caudal ramus.

Nota: Forehead anteriorly flat in dorsal view; in lateral view it lacks a depression just below the anterior outline of the head (compare fig.1B with fig.1E Gaussia princeps in Björnberg & Campaner, 1988, p.352). The left posterior metasomal corner is slightly curved outwards, whereas the right is straight.

Species Gaussia asymmetrica - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : T.K.S. Björnberg in Hydrobiologia, 1988, 167/168. [p.353, Fig.2, A];
Female: A, genital segment with attached coupler (lateral right side).

NZ:

Distribution map of Gaussia asymmetrica by geographical zones

Species Gaussia asymmetrica - Distribution map 2

issued from : H.Y. Soh, S. Ohtsuka, H. Imabayashi & S. Sawamoto inSpecies Diversity, 1998, 3. [p.182, Fig.7].
Zoogeographical distribution of Gaussia princeps, G. sewelli and G. asymmetrica.

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

SW Atlant (equatorial).

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(410) F: 11-9; {F: 9,00-11,00}

Rem.:

epi-mesopelagic.
See remarks in Gaussia princeps

Last update : 06/01/2015


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