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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paracalanus tropicus  Andronov, 1977   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Calanoidea
Family Paracalanidae

References

Andronov, 1977 (p.154, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford, 1978 (p.134: Rem.); Hiromi, 1987 (p.153); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.878, 910, figs.F); Kesarkar & Anil, 2010 (Rem.: p.403)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., (1976 a) 1977, 56 (1). [p.155, Fig.1]. Female (from N Namibia): 1-2, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectivelly); 3-4, genital segment .

Comparison of cephalothorax between the different species: 5, P. indicus; 6, P. quasimodo; 7, P. nanus; 8, P. parvus.
Plate 2 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., (1976 a) 1977, 56 (1). [p.155, Fig.2]. Dimensions of Females in mm from P. tropicus (1) and P. indicus (2).
Plate 3 issued from : K.S. Kesarkar & A.C. Anil in J. mar. Biol. Ass. UK, 2010, 90 (2); [p.403, Table 2].
Characteristics of females. (X: figure not available).

Complementary References

Prusova & Smith, 2005 (p.75,78); Cornils & Blanco-Bercial, 2013 (p.861, Table 1, molecular analysis, figs.3, 4, 5); Lidvanov & al., 2013 (p.290, Table 2, % composition)

Distribution

NZ: 3

Distribution map of Paracalanus tropicus by geographical zones


Localisations

SE Atlant. (off N Namibia), W Guinea Basin, Morocco-Mauritania, N Arabian Sea

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

Quotations

N: 4

Dimensions (mm)

(438) F: 0,9-0,74; {F: 0,74-0,90}

Remarks

epipelagic.
Differs from Paracalanus indicus and P. quasimodo by an inferior size and the profile of the head.
Last update : 07/04/2018

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