Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Scolecitrichidae ( Family )
            Macandrewella ( Genus )
Macandrewella asymmetrica  Farran, 1936   (F,M)
Ref.:
Farran, 1936 a (p.104, figs.F,M); Sewell, 1948 (p.418); Gopalakrishnan, 1973 (p.185: Table); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.91)
Species Macandrewella asymmetrica - Plate 1 of morphological figuresIssued from : G.P. Farran in Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929, Scient. Rep., V, N°3, 1936. [p.105, Fig.16].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, idem (lateral left side); c, rostrum.
Nota: A1 reaching to the hinder end of the genital segment; segments 8, 9 and 24-25 fused, partial fusion of segments 9 and 10.

Male: d, habitus (dorsal); e, left P5; f, right P5.


Species Macandrewella asymmetrica - Plate 2 of morphological figuresIssued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.185: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella asymmmetrica female.

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


Species Macandrewella asymmetrica - Plate 3 of morphological figuresIssued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.186: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella asymmetrica female.

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


Species Macandrewella asymmetrica - Plate 4 of morphological figuresIssued from : T.C. Gopalakrishnan in Handbook Int. Zoopl. Coll., Vol. V, 1973 (IIOE). [p.186: Table].
Morphological characteristics of Macandrewella asymmetrica female.

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

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Macandrewella asymmetrica by geographical zones
Loc:
Australia ( Great Barrier Reef)
N: 1
Lg.:
(34) F: 3,7-3,5; M: 3,7; {F: 3,50-3,70; M: 3,70}
Rem.: ? mesopelagic
Last update : 30/10/2015
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