Ridgewayia flemingeri - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Ridgewayia flemingeri Othman & Greenwood, 1988 (M)

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List of the studied authors )

Othman & Greenwood, 1988 (p.465, figs.M)

Species Ridgewayia flemingeri - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : B.H.R. Othman in Mem. Qd Mus., 1988, 25 (2). [p.466, Fig.1].
Male (from G. of Carpentaria, N Australia): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral right side); C, left A1; D, A2; E, Md; F, mx1; G, Mx2.
Nota: Prosome to urosome length ratio 2.51:1. Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th separate. Posterior corners of 5th thoracic somite extend to posterior end of genital segment. Urosome 5-segmented; proportional lengths of urosomal somites and caudal rami as 24:21:19:13:4:19 = 100. Anal operculum with dentate distal margin visible from dorsal view. Each caudal rami about 1.5 times longer than broad.Left A1 26-segmented, right 22-segmented

Species Ridgewayia flemingeri - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : B.H.R. Othman in Mem. Qd Mus., 1988, 25 (2). [p.468, Fig.2].
Male: A, Mxp; B, P1; C, P2; D, P3; E, P4; F, P5; G, terminal part of endopod of left P5.

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Othman & al., 1990 (p.561, 564, Table 1);

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Distribution map of Ridgewayia flemingeri by geographical zones

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Geographical glossary )

N Australia (Gulf of Carpentaria)

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(442) M: 0,7; 0,63; {M: 0,63-0,70}

Last update : 06/01/2012


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