Pseudocyclops reductus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pseudocyclops reductus Nicholls, 1944 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Pseudocyclopoidea

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Family Pseudocyclopidae

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Genus Pseudocyclops

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References

List of the studied authors

Nicholls, 1944 a (p.488, Descr.F, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.441); Vervoort, 1964 a (p.16); Othman & Greenwood, 1989 (p.74)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : A.G. Nicholls in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 1944, Ser.11. [p.488, Fig. 1].
Female (from Red Sea): Urosome (dorsal); A1; A2; P5.

Nota: In caudal rami the longer setae are nearly 3 times as long as urosome, and finely plumose.

Plate 2 Issued from : A.G. Nicholls in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 1944, Ser.11. [p.489].
Female: Armature of the swimming legs P1 yo P5.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudocyclops reductus by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

Red Sea

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(498) F: 0,6-0,5; {F: 0,50-0,60}

Remarks

For Nicholls (1944, p.488-489) this species resembles P. australis from South Australia, it approaches P. simplex Sewell (1932), but differs in the caudal rami, A1, A2 and P5.

Last update : 10/05/2018

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