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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Calocalanus curtus  Andronov, 1973   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Calanoidea
Family Paracalanidae

References

Andronov, 1973 a (p.1408, Descr.F, figs.F)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 1973, 52 (9). [p.1408, Fig.2, (8-14)].
Female (from S Sri-Lanka): 8-9, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively); 10-13, P1 to P4; 14, P5.

Complementary References

Madhupratap & Haridas, 1986 (p.105, tab.1); Cornils & Blanco-Bercial, 2013 (p.861, Table 1, molecular analysis, figs.3, 4, 5);

Distribution

NZ: 3

Distribution map of Calocalanus curtus by geographical zones


Localisations

Indian (S Sri Lanka), Galapagos Is. (in Arcos & Bonilla, 1989 a, p.16: as C. curta), E Atlant. (tropical)

Data from Cornils & Blanco-Bercial (2013): 01°00'S: 09°00'W (W Guinea Basin)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

(423) F: 0,74-0,61; {F: 0,61-0,74}

Remarks

epipelagic.
For Andronov (1973, p.1410) this species differs from the closely related C. cristalli Shmeleva, 1968, in the form of cephalothorax, presence of 7 setae on the 3rd segment of endopodite P2 and glabrous apical seta P5.
Last update : 30/12/2014

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