Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Pseudocyclopoidea ( Superfamily )
        Pseudocyclopidae ( Family )
            Pseudocyclops ( Genus )
Pseudocyclops kulai  Othman & Greenwood, 1989   (F,M)
Ref.:
Ohtman & Greenwood, 1989 (p.63, figs.F,M)
Species Pseudocyclops kulai - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Crustaceana, 1989, 56 (1). [p.65, Fig.1].
Female (from G. of Carpentaria, N Australia): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral left side); C, A1.
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th separate. Proportional lengths of the urosomal somites and caudal rami as 51:16:13:9: 11 = 100. Anal somite posterior margin fused with anal operculum, ending in 2 posteriorly directed obtuse spines visible in dorsal view. A1 19-segmented.


Species Pseudocyclops kulai - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Crustaceana, 1989, 56 (1). [p.66, Fig.2].
Female: A, A2; B, Md; C, Mx1; D, Mx2; E, Mxp.


Species Pseudocyclops kulai - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Crustaceana, 1989, 56 (1). [p.68, Fig.3].
Female: A, P1; B, P2; C, P3; D, P4; E, P5.


Species Pseudocyclops kulai - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Crustaceana, 1989, 56 (1). [p.70, Fig.4].
Male: A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral left side); C, part of urosome (dorsal); D, A1; E, P1; F, P2.
Nota: Urosome 5-segmented. Proportional lengths of urosomal somites and caudal rami as: 28:20:15:15:8:13 = 100. A1 asymmetrical, left 19-segmented, right 18-segmented and geniculate (geniculation point between segments 15 and 16).


Species Pseudocyclops kulai - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Crustaceana, 1989, 56 (1). [p.71, Fig.5].
Male: A, P3; B, P4; C, P5; D, endopod of left P5.

Compl. Ref.:
Othman & al., 1990 (p.561, 564, Table 1)
NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudocyclops kulai by geographical zones
Loc:
N Australia (Gulf of Carpentaria)
N: 2
Lg.:
(492) F: 0,88; M: 0,77; {F: 0,88; M: 0,77}
Last update : 06/01/2012
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