Calocalanus parelongatus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Calocalanus parelongatus Shmeleva, 1979 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Calanoidea

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Family Paracalanidae

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Genus Calocalanus

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References

List of the studied authors

Shmeleva, 1979 (p.123, figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.950, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from A.A. Shmeleva in Zool. Zh., 1978 (1979), 63 (1). [p.124, Fig.2 (1-11)].
Female (from Alboran Sea): 1-2, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 3, urosome; 4-7, P1 to P4; 8, P5.

Male: 9, habitus (dorsal); 10, urosome; 11, P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Kovalev & Schmeleva, 1982 (p.83); Greze & al., 1985 (p.7); Belmonte, 2018 (p.273, Table I: Italian zones)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Calocalanus parelongatus by geographical zones

Distribution map of Calocalanus parelongatus for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Localisations

Geographical glossary

Medit. (Alboran Sea, W Sardinia, S Adriatic Sea)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(419) F: 0,6-0,55; M: 0,5; {F: 0,55-0,60; M: 0,50}

Remarks

epipelagic (25-50 m).
Closely related to Calocalanus elongatus but differs from it by the structure of P5 (3 segments vs. 2), absence of the crown of spines on the 2nd segment of endopodite of swimming legs P2 to P4.

Last update : 06/02/2020

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