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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Labidocera brasiliensis  Farran, 1929   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Pontellidae

Synonymy

Labidocera brasiliense Farran, 1929 (p.210, 276, Descr.F, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.451, 452)

References

Gaudy, 1963 (p.28, Rem.); Silas & Pillai, 1973 (1976) (p.774)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : G.P. Farran in British Antarctic (\"Terra Nova\") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. Zoology. Vol. VIII. Crustacea., 1929. [p.277, Fig.31]
Female: a, habitus (dorsal view); b, anterior portion of cephalon (left lateral view); c, posterior part of thoracic segment and urosome (left lateral view); d, idem (dorsal view); e, fifth foot.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Labidocera brasiliensis by geographical zones


Localisations

SW Atlant. (off Rio de Janeiro)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(35) F: 2,56; (244) F: 2,6; {F: 2,56-2,60}

Remarks

epipelagic.
The synonymy with L. fluviatilis (cf. Björnberg, 1963, p.59; Ramirez, 1969, p.83)is not accepted by all authors.? Cf. Labidocera fluviatilis.
Last update : 06/01/2015

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