Macandrewella agassizi - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Species Card of Copepod

Calanoida ( Order )	details
Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )	details
Scolecitrichidae ( Family )	details
Macandrewella ( Genus )	details	List species for this Genus

Macandrewella agassizi C.B. Wilson, 1950 (F,M)

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List of the studied authors )

C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.257, figs.F,M); Gopalakrishnan, 1973 (p.185: Table); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.91)

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : C.B. Wilson in Bull. U.S. natn Mus., 100, 14 (4), 1950. [Pl.14, Figs.170-172].
Male (8°S, 180°E): 170, P5; 171, distal portion of exopod of right P5; 172, distal portion of left P5.

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : C.B. Wilson in Bull. U.S. natn Mus., 100, 14 (4), 1950. [Pl.14, Figs.160-169].
Female: 160, habitus (dorsal); 161, idem (lateral left side); 162, A2; 163, Md; 164, Mx2; 165, Mxp; 166, P2; 167, P3; 168, P4; 169, P5.

Nota: Frontal lens on the head. Absence of a frontal crest. Rostrum composed of a bifurcate base tipped with slender filaments. Head and 1st thoracic segment fused, 4th and 5th segments completely separated; posterior corners armed with a stout curved spine, which reaches back to the center of the genital segment. Urosome 1/4 as long as the prosome. and 4-segmented. Genital segment somewhat asymmetrical, a little more protuberant on the left side and extending farther back on the right side.

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Issued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.185: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella agassizi female.

Compare with M. scotti, M. chelipes, M. sewelli, M. asymmetrica, M. mera, M. joanae, M. cochinensis.

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 4 of morphological figures

ssued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.186: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella agassizi female.

Compare with M. scotti, M. chelipes, M. sewelli, M. asymmetrica, M. mera, M. joanae, M. cochinensis.

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Issued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.186: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella agassizi male.

Compare with M. joanae, M. chelipes, M. sewelli, M. asymmetrica, M. mera, M. scotti, M. cochinensis.

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 6 of morphological figures

Issued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.187: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella agassizi male.

Compare with M. joanae, M. chelipes, M. sewelli, M. scotti, M. cochinensis. (not recorded: M. asymmetrica, M. mera),

Species Macandrewella agassizi - Plate 7 of morphological figures

Issued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.188: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella agassizi male.

Compare with M. scotti, M. chelipes, M. sewelli, M.joanae, M. cochinensis. (not recorded: M. asymmetrica, M. mera),

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Distribution map of Macandrewella agassizi by geographical zones

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Geographical glossary )

Pacif. equatorial (Funafuti Is., Ellice Is.)

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(137) F: 3; M: 2,95; {F: 3,00; M: 2,95}

Last update : 30/10/2015


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