Cephalophanes tectus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Cephalophanes tectus (Esterly, 1911) (F)

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Syn.:

Xanthocalanus tectus Esterly, 1911 (p.324, Descr.F, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.557, 563); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.232, figs.F)

Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Grice, 1969 a (p.453, figs.F, Rem.); Tanaka & Omori, 1992 (p.254, figs.F, Rem.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.852, Pl.139: F); Nishida & al., 2002 (p.158, tab.1, figs.F)

Species Cephalophanes tectus - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : O. Tanaka & M. Omori in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1992, 35 (4/5). [p.255, Fig.1, d-j].
Female: d, forehead (lateral); e, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral left side); f, Mx1; g, P2; h, endopod of P3; i, endopod of P4; j, P5.

Nota: Cephalosome and 1st metasomal segment separated, 4th and 5th separated.
Prosome/urosome length ratio 81 : 19.
Rostral filaments slender.
A pair of large eyes.
A1 extends beyond end of caudal ramus with 4 segments.
Urosomal segments and caudal rami in the proportional lengths 42 : 21 : 16 : 4 : 17 = 100.
Caudal rami with length/width ratio 2 : 3.
A2 exopod a little longer than endopod (7 : 6).
Mx2 endopod with 7 brushform and 1 vermiform sensory filaments.

Species Cephalophanes tectus - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : G.D. Grice in Bull. mar. Sc., 1969, 19 (2). [p.452, Figs.55-57];
Female (from G. of Mexico): 55, posterior end of cephalothorax and urosome (lateral right side); 56, Mx1; 57, P5.
Nota: This specimen has a large lens on the forehead, apparently overlooked by Esterly.

Species Cephalophanes tectus - Plate 3 of morphological figures

issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1911, 6 (14). [Pl.28, Fig.33]. As Xanthocalanus tectus.
Female (from San Diego Region): 33, forehead (lateral).
Nota: Head with a very slight crest. A1 24-segmented and from one-fifth to one-sixth of their length longer than the body. Mx2 with 8 vermiform appendages. Cephalothorax 4-segmented, head and 1st thoracic segment fused

issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1911, 6 (14). [Pl.29, Fig.53]. As Xanthocalanus tectus.
Female: 53, last thoracic segments and urosome (lateral), left side).
Nota: abdomen 4-segmented. Genital segment as long as the 2nd and 3rd together and the anal is very short.

Species Cephalophanes tectus - Plate 5 of morphological figures

issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1911, 6 (14). [Pl.31, Fig.95]. As Xanthocalanus tectus.
Female: 95, P5.

issued from : O. Tanaka & M. Omori in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1992, 35 (4/5). [p. 256].
Female: Proportional lengths of segments of A1.

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.110); Lapernat, 2000 (tabl.3, 4); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.)

NZ:

Distribution map of Cephalophanes tectus by geographical zones

Species Cephalophanes tectus - Distribution map 2

Chart of 1996

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

NW Pacif., Japan (Izu region), W Pacif. (off Philippines, Indonesia, Australia), San Diego, G. of Mexico, off Mauritania - NW Cape Verde Is. (in Lapernat, 2000)

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(143) F: 4,25; (225) F: 4; (867) F: 4,1-4,23; (911) F: 3,15-4,5; {F: 3,15-4,50}

Rem.:

Meso-bathypelagic.
After Campaner (1978 a, p.968) X. tectus Esterly, 1911, was removed by Grice (1969) to the genus Cephalophanes Sars, 1907, in which other species of Xanthocalanus are possibly congeneric, if the absence of luminous organs or eyes on the head is not taken into consideration.
Park (1983 a, p.321) doubts the identification of Grice (1969). However, it is not exceptional to observe a distribution like this corresponding to a period before the closure of the Isthmus of Panama.
After Tanaka & Omori (1992, p.256) Esterly (1911) in his description seems to overlooked a pair of large eyes in forehead.
The male, indicated by Chihara & Murano (1997) is no doubt a mistake.

Last update : 01/01/2015


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