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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Bestiolina zeylonica  Andronov, 1972   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Calanoidea
Family Paracalanidae

Synonymy

Bestiola zeylonica Andronov, 1972 a (p.292, figs.F,M); Li & Huang, 1984 (p.382, 386, Rem.); Nishida, 1989 (p.173, table 1, 2, dorsal hump)

References

Andronov, 1991 (p.133); Ali, Al-Yamani & Prusova, 2007 (p.203: Tab.II, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 1972, 51 (2). [p.291, Figs.1-14].
Female (from SW Sri-Lanka): 1-2, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 3-6, P1 to P4; 8, rostrum10, P5; 11-12, genital segment (ventral and lateral, respectively).

Male: 7, P5; 9, rostrum; 13-14, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively).
Plate 2 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 1972, 51 (2). [p.291, Figs.1-14].
Female (from SW Sri-Lanka): 1-2, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 3-6, P1 to P4; 8, rostrum10, P5; 11-12, genital segment (ventral and lateral, respectively).

Male: 7, P5; 9, rostrum; 13-14, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively).
Plate 3 issued from : S.-J. Li & J.-Q. Huang in J. Xiamen Univ. (Nat. Sci.), 1984, 23 (3). [p.386].
Comparison between three species of Bestiolina.
Plate 4 issued from : S.Y. Moon, W. Lee & H.Y. Soh in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 2010, 123 (1). [p.44, Table 1].
Presence and number of spinules on the anterior surface of the exopods and endopods of swimming legs 2 - 4. from (Andronov, 1972)
These characteristics were taken from Ali & al. (2007).
Plate 5 Issued from : V.N. Andronov in Russian Acad. Sci. P.P. Shirshov Inst. Oceanol. Atlantic Branch, Kaliningrad, 2014. [p.73, Fig.19: 16 ]. Bestiolina zeylonica after Andronov, 1972 b.
Male P5.

Complementary References

Cornils & al., 2010 (p.2076, Table 3: probably, Fig.5)

Distribution

NZ: 1 + 1 doubtful

Distribution map of Bestiolina zeylonica by geographical zones


Localisations

Indian (Sri Lanka); ? SW Celebes

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

(415) F: 0,7-0,68; (1010) F: 0,68-0,70; M: 0,61; M, 0,61; {F: 0,68-0,70; M: 0,61}

Remarks

epipelagic (0-100 m).
Last update : 21/04/2016

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