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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Ridgewayia shoemakeri  M.S. Wilson, 1958   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Epacteriscoidea
Family Ridgewayiidae

References

M.S. Wilson, 1958 (p.157, figs.F,M); Humes & Smith, 1974 (p.130, 131, Rem.); Figueroa & Hoefel, 2008 (p.145, Table 2, 3, Rem.);

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A.G. Humes & W.L. Smith in Carib. J. Sci., 1974, 14 (3-4). [p.131, Table 2].
Distinguishing features of R. fosshageni and R. shoemakeri.
Plate 2 issued from : M.S. Wilson in Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 1958, 108 (No. 3398). [p.159, Figs.28-37].
Female (from Dry Tortugas, Florida): 28, P5; 31, genital operculum.
Nota: Urosome 4-segmented; relative lengths of the segments and caudal rami: 40.8:16.3:12.2:4.08:26.5 = 100

Male: 29, right A1 (apical segments); 30, right A1 (segments 9-16, with armature of segments 10, 13, 14); 32, habitus (lateral); 33, left P5 (detail apex of exopod, anterior view); 34, idem (posteromedial view); 35, P5 (anterior view), with detail apex of right exopod.
Plate 3 issued from : D.F. Figueroa & K.L. Hoefel in J. Crustacean Biol., 2008, 28 (1). [p.145, Table 2]. Characters female of R. shoemakeri.
Plate 4 issued from : D.F. Figueroa & K.L. Hoefel in J. Crustacean Biol., 2008, 28 (1). [p.145, Table 3]. Characters male of R. shoemakeri.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Ridgewayia shoemakeri by geographical zones


Localisations

NW Atlant. (SW Florida, Dry Totugas)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(516) F: 0,68-0,67; M: 0,68-0,63; {F: 0,67-0,68; M: 0,63-0,68}
Last update : 30/01/2015

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