Pseudocyclops rubrocinctus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pseudocyclops rubrocinctus Bowman & Gonzalez, 1961 (F,M)

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

Bowman & Gonzalez, 1961 (p.54, figs.F,M); Vervoort, 1964 a (p.16); Fosshagen, 1968 (p.60, Rem.); Othman & Greenwood, 1989 (p.75)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : T.E. Bowman & J.G. Gonzallez in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1961, 113 (3452). [p.55, Fig.9, a-f].
Female (from Puerto Rico): a, habitus (dorsal); b, idem (lateral); d, urosome (dorsal); e, P5.
Nota: A1 18 segmented, reaching middle of 1st pediger segment.

Male: c, habitus (lateral); f, P5.
Nota: A1 17-segmented, antepenultimate segment produced into narrow triangular process.

Species Pseudocyclops rubrocinctus - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : T.E. Bowman & J.G. Gonzallez in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1961, 113 (3452). [p.56, Fig.10].
Female: c, A1; d, P1; e, P2; f, P3; g, P4.

Male: a, A1; b, A1 (distal segmets).

Species Pseudocyclops rubrocinctus - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : T.E. Bowman & J.G. Gonzallez in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1961, 113 (3452). [p.57, Fig.11].
Female: a, A2; b, Md; c, Mx1; d, Mx2; e, Mxp.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudocyclops rubrocinctus by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

Porto Rico (Magüeyes Canal: from Thalassia meadow), Jamaica, Bahamas

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(490) F: 0,62-0,55; M: ± 0,5; {F: 0,55-0,62; M: 0,50}

Remarks

hyperbenthique.
After Fosshagen (1968, p.60) the colour of the animals varied from completely red to yellowish-orange; red-banded occurred occasionally.

Last update : 30/01/2015

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