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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Scolecithricella paramarginata  Schulz, 1991   (F,M1)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Scolecitrichidae
Genus Scolecithricella

Synonymy

? Scolecithricella marginata : Grice, 1962 (p.211)

References

Schulz, 1991 (p.197, figs.F,M), Rem.: p.205); Vyshkvartzeva, 1999 (2000) (p.234)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.205, Fig.1].
Female (from W Arabian Sea): A, habitus (lateral left side); B, idem (dorsal); C, forehead (lateral); D, urosome (lateral left side); E, genital complex (ventral); F, A1; G, A2; H, Md; I, Mx1; J, Mxp.
Plate 2 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.200, Fig.2].
Female: A, Mx2 (lobe 5 and endopod); B, P1; C, P2; D, P3; E, P4; F, P5.

Male: G, habitus (lateral right side); H, idem (dorsal); I, rostrum (ventral); J, A2; K, Md; L, Mx1 (posterior).
Plate 3 issued from : K. Schulz in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1991, 88. [p.201, Fig.3 A-G].
Male: A, Mxp; B, P1; C, P2; D, P3; E, P4 (basipodal segments 1 and 2, exopodal segment 1; F, P5 (from left view); G, P5 (posterior).
Plate 4 Issued from : V.N. Andronov in Russian Acad. Sci. P.P. Shirshov Inst. Oceanol. Atlantic Branch, Kaliningrad, 2014. [p.84, Fig.21: 17]. Scolecithricella paramarginata after Schulz, 1991.
Female P5.

Complementary References

Kazmi, 2004 (p.229)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Scolecithricella paramarginata by geographical zones


Localisations

W Arabian Sea (off Oman), Pakistan, ? E off Hawaii

Quotations

N: 2 (? +1)

Dimensions (mm)

(524) F: 1,06-0,99; M: 1,09-1,02; {F: 0,99-1,06; M: 1,02-1,09}

Remarks

epipelagic.
For Schulz (1991, p.205) the species seems closely related to Scolecuthrix marginata Giesbrecht (1888) from NE Pacific (15°N, 138°E), but differs from the latter by P5 and Mx1. The species shows affinity to S. tenuiserrata (Giesbrecht, 1892)
Last update : 21/04/2016

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