Pseudoamallothrix inornata - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pseudoamallothrix inornata Esterly, 1906 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Clausocalanoidea

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Family Scolecitrichidae

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Genus Pseudoamallothrix

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Synonymy

Scolecithrix inornata Esterly, 1906 a (p.67, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford, 1973 (p.143, Rem.); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.78, Rem.); Hattori, 1991 (tab.1, Appendix);
Amallothrix inornata : Davis, 1949 (p.44, figs.F); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (part., p.260, Descr.F,M, figs.F,M, Rem.); Minoda, 1958 (p.253, Table 2, abundance); Vaupel Klein, 1970 (p.20); Morioka, 1972 a (p.314); Marlowe & Miller, 1975 (p.839); Vives, 1982 (p.282); Yamaguchi & al., 2002 (p.1007, tab.1); Ikeda & al., 2006 (p.1791, Table 2); Homma & Yamaguchi, 2010 (p.965, Table 2); Homma & al., 2011 (p.29, Table 2, 3, abundance, feeding pattern: detritivores);

References

List of the studied authors

Vyshkvartzeva, 1999 (2000) (p.228, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1906, 3 (5). [Pl.9, Fig.18]. As Scolecithrix inornata.
Female (from San Diego, California): 18, forehead (lateral).
Nota: Head without crest

Species Pseudoamallothrix inornata - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1906, 3 (5). [Pl.11, Fig.37]. As Scolecithrix inornata.
Female: 37, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral).
Nota: Last thoracic segment rounded at sides, but with an indentation above and below the middle of the posterior border. Genital segment as long as the next two; the 2nd as long as the 3rd and anal together; the anal segment is about half as long as the preceeding one; all of the abdominal segments are broader than long. Mx1 has 4 bristles on the 2nd basal, 8 on the exopod, and 7 on the endopod; 1st outer marginal lobe with 9. Mx2 has 3 vermiform and 5 penicillate sensory appendages

Species Pseudoamallothrix inornata - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1906, 3 (5). [Pl.13, Figs.65, 73]. As Scolecithrix inornata.
Female: 65, P4; 73, P5.
Nota: P5 resemble those of S. auropecten Giesbrecht, but the bristling of Mx1 and the relative sizes of the animals are distinguishing characters.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.)

Distribution

NZ: 5

Distribution map of Pseudoamallothrix inornata by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

off Mauritania (in Vives, 1982, p.292), Japan (off Sanriku), off SE Hokkaido, Pacif. (N), Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea (Aleutian Basin), S Aleutian Is., Station Knot, Station "P", S California (San Diego)

Quotations

N: 15

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(17) F: 4,3; (22) F: 4,3-3,8; M: 3,7-3,6; (59) F: 4,3-4,2; (205) F: 3,9; {F: 3,80-4,30; M: 3,60-3,70}

Prosome length (mm): (1038) F: 3.4; M: 2.6

Remarks

In vertcal haul: 0-730 m. Synonym probable of Pseudoamallothrix emarginata.

Last update : 08/02/2016

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