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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Xanthocalanus sp.1 Grice  Grice, 1972   (M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Phaennidae

References

Grice, 1972 a (p.237, figs.M); Campaner, 1978 a (p.968)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from G.D. Grice in Crustaceana, 1972, 23 (3). [p.236, Figs.120-131].
Male (from off S Cap Cod): 120, habitus (lateral right side); 121, urosome (lateral); 122, forehead (ventral view); 123, A1 (proximal segments); 124, A2; 125, Md (mandibular palp); 126, Md (biting edge); 127, Mx1; 128, Mx2; 129, Mxp; 130, P1; 131, P5.

Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th separate. Segments2-4 of urosome with numerous protuberances. Proximal segments of A1 with long sensory setae.Right P5 3-segmented, left 5-segmented.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Xanthocalanus sp.1 by geographical zones


Localisations

NW Atlant. (off S Cape Cod)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

hyperbenthic (bottom: 1500 m).
Last update : 02/02/2015

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