Calocalanus tenuiculus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Calocalanus tenuiculus Andronov, 1973 (F)

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

Andronov, 1973 a (p.1407, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.877, 910, figs.F); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.959, figs.F, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 1973, 52 (9). [p.1406, Fig.1, (8-14)].
Female (from Namibia): 8-9, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 10-14, P1 to P4: 14, P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Kovalev & Schmeleva, 1982 (p.83); Greze & al., 1985 (p.7)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Calocalanus tenuiculus by geographical zones

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

Localisations

Geographical glossary

SE Atlant. (Namibia), W Medit. (Alboran Sea, Balearic Sea)

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(423) F: 0,74-0,7; {F: 0,70-0,74}

Remarks

epipelagic - ?.
For Andronov (1973, p.1410) this species differs from the closely related C. gracilis Tanaka, 1956 in the structure of P5, larger spermatheae and presence of spines on the posterior surface of the 2nd segment of endopodite P3.

Last update : 31/12/2014

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