Scolecithricella orientalis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Scolecithricella orientalis Mori, 1937 (F,M0)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Clausocalanoidea

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Family Scolecitrichidae

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Genus Scolecithricella

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Synonymy

Scolecithrix orientalis : Shmeleva, 1964 a (p.1068); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2)

References

List of the studied authors

Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.52, Descr.F,figs.F); 1942 (p., figs.M); Bradford, 1973 (p.142); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.103, Rem); Vyshkvartzeva, 1999 (2000) (p.234, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.797, figs.F, Rem.); Ohtsuka & al., 2015 (p.123, Table 2).

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : T. Mori in The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (2nd edit., 1964). [Pl.26, Figs.1-6].
Female: 1, P4 (posterior); 2, P1 (anterior); 3, habitus (dorsal); 4, P5; 5, P2 (posterior); 6, P3 (anterior).

Nota female:
- Forehead rounded.
- The last 2 segments of cephalothorax completely fused.
- lateral angles of the prosome rounded..
A1 22-segmented, reaching about the middle portion of the last thoracic segment.
- Outer marginal spine on the 2nd segment of exopodite of P2 extends beyond the tip of the 1st marginal spine of the 3rd segment.
- The 3rd marginal spine on the 3rd segment of the exopodite of P3 is stout and long.
- P5 symmetrical; each foot lamelliform and its apex round; the foot has a long inner marginal and a short apical spine.

Species Scolecithricella orientalis - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : T. Mori in The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (2nd edit., 1964). [Pl.25, Figs.14-15].
Female: 14, A2; 15, Mx1.

Species Scolecithricella orientalis - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : T. Mori in Palao trop. biol. Stn Stud., 1942, 2 (3). [Pl.X, Figs.3-9].
Male (from Palao Island): 3, A1; 4, habitus (lateral); 5, P1; 6, P4; 7, P5 (anterior view); 8, P2; 9, P3.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Chiba & al., 1957 (p.308); Delalo, 1968 (p.138); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.84); Othman & al., 1990 (p.561, 563, Table 1); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.49, 101); Belmonte, 2018 (p.273, Table I: Italian zones)

Distribution

NZ: 7

Distribution map of Scolecithricella orientalis by geographical zones

Distribution map of Scolecithricella orientalis for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Distribution map of Scolecithricella orientalis for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Scolecithricella orientalis for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Localisations

Geographical glossary

Medit. (E Basin, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea (in Shmeleva, 1964 a), Red Sea, G. of Aden, Indian (equatorial), Bay of Bengal, Australia (G. of Carpentaria), S China Sea, S Japan, Bikini Is., Palau Is.

Type locality: 32°35'40'' N, 135°45'45'' E.

Quotations

N: 9

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(91) F: ± 1,1; {F: 1,10}

Remarks

Genus poorly assured.
Depth sampling: 0-100 m.

Last update : 06/02/2020

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By Mariluz Fernandez de Puelles 2017-11-17 10:54:33 ( Citation of this remark )

It was found a female of Scolecithricella orientalis of 1.1 mm from 2000-3000 m depth in the North Pacific Equatorial countercurrent (position long:-115.7725;lat:13.7653) during the Malaspina expedition 2011 in April 2011.