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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Scolecithricella sp.2 Park  Park, 1980   (M0)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Scolecitrichidae
Genus Scolecithricella

References

Park, 1980 (p.74, Descr.M, figs.M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : T. Park in Biomogy of the Antarctic Seas IX. Antactic Res. Ser., 1980, 31 (2). [p.75, Fig.26).
Male (from Sub-antarctic): a, forehead (lateral); b, posterior part of prosome with P5 and urosome (lateral); c, rostrum (anterior view); d, P1 (anterior); e, P2 (posterior); f, P3 (posterior); g, P5 (anterior); h, distal part of left P5 (posterior); i, right P5 (posterior).

Nota: 2nd urosomal segment about 1.5 times as long as 3rd or 4th urosomal segment.
- Mx1 with 8 setae on exopod

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Scolecithricella sp.2 by geographical zones


Localisations

Antarct., sub-Antarct. (North Antarct. Convergence)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(523) M: 3,16-3; {M: 3,00-3,16}
(523) M Prosome : 2.16-2.28 mm.

Remarks

Probable in the Genus Amallothrix.
For Park (1980, p.75) this male is related to the S. dentipes (= Amallothix dentipes) Group.
Last update : 28/02/2015

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