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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Labidocera barbudae  Fleminger, 1979   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Pontellidae

References

Fleminger, 1979 (p.172, figs.F,M)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.171, Fig.1].
Female (from 17°37'N, 61°53'W): a-c, posterior segments of thorax and urosome (dorsal, right lateral and left lateral, respectively; caudal setae complete in a).
Plate 2 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.172, Fig.3].
Female: a, P5 (posterior); b, P5 abnormal (posterior); c, rostrum (frontal view).
Plate 3 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.174, Fig.5].
Female: a, right A1 (ventral view; many setae omitted); b, terminal segments of right A1; c, proximal segments of right A1, showing cuticular thickening and shallow notch caracterizing posterior edge of segments 8 and 9 as well as short dentiform setae of segments 8, 10, 11 and 12.
Plate 4 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.175, Figs.6, 7].
Male: spermatophore. Stippled area indicates sperm in blister-like chamber formed by inner and outer walls of coupler, exosqueleton shaded by diagonal lines: a, left ventrolateral view after removal from female; b, dorsal view; c, right lateral view.
Spermatophore coupler showing relationship to genital pore, exosqueleton shaded by diagonal lines: d, left lateral view; e, left ventrolateral view (another specimen).
Plate 5 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.178, Fig.10].
Male: a, posterior segments of thorax with P2 and P5, and urosome (lateral, right side); b, right P2 (posterior; most setae omitted).
Plate 6 issued from : A. Fleminger in Bull. Mar. Sci., 1979, 29 (2). [p.179, Fig.11].
Male: a, P5 (posterior); b, chela (anterior view).

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Labidocera barbudae by geographical zones


Localisations

NW Atlant. (Barbuda Is.)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(459) F: 3,32-3,12; M: 3,21-2,88; {F: 3,12-3,32; M: 2,88-3,21}
Last update : 06/01/2015

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