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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pseudoamallothrix longispina  Schulz, 1991   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Scolecitrichidae
Genus Pseudoamallothrix

Synonymy

Amallothrix longispina Schulz, 1991 (p.206, figs.F,M)

References

Vyshkvartzeva, 1999 (2000) (p.228, 229, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.201, Fig.3 H-K]. As Amallothrix longispina.
Female (from W Arabian Sea: off Oman): H, habitus (lateral left side); I, idem (dorsal); J, urosome (lateral left side); K, rostrum (ventral view).
Nota: A1 (24-segmented; segments 8-9 fused, 24-25 mostly separated) reaching about posterior end of 4th urosomal segment
Plate 2 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.203, Fig.4]. As Amallothrix longispina.
Female: A, A2; B, Md; C, Mx1 (posterior); D, Mx2; E, Mxp; F, P1; G, P2; H, P3; I, P4; J, P5. K, P5 (other specimen).

Male: L, habitus (dorsal).
Plate 3 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.204, Fig.5]. As Amallothrix longispina.
Male: A, habitus (lateral left side); B, A2; C, right Md; D, left Md (masticatory edge); E, Mx1 (posterior); F, Mx2; G, Mxp; H, P1; I, P2; J, P3; K, P4; L, P5.
Nota: A1 extending to caudal rami; segments 8 to 12 fused, except 10-11 partially; segments 20-21 fused on right but separate on left; segments 24-25 indistinctly separated; segments 8 to 21 posteriorly equipped with chitinous lamella; long vermiform aesthetascs present on segments 1 to 7.

Complementary References

Kazmi, 2004 (p.229)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudoamallothrix longispina by geographical zones


Localisations

N Arabian Sea (off Oman), Pakistan

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

(524) F: 1,56-1,42; M: 1,48-1,36; {F: 1,42-1,56; M: 1,36-1,48}

Remarks

epipelagic (Bottom : 16552 m).
Last update : 29/01/2015

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