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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Scolecithrix elephas  Esterly, 1913   (F0)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Scolecitrichidae

Synonymy

Scolecithricella elephas : Sewell, 1948 (p.557, 563).
Amallothrix elephas : in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.)

References

Esterly, 1913 (p.185, Descr.F, figs.F); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.265, figs.F); Bradford, 1973 (p.143); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.78, Rem.); Vyshkvartzeva, 1999 (2000) (p.235, Rem.: Juv.5F de Scolecithrix aculeata)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1913, 11 (10). [Pl. 10, Fig. 8, 17].
Female (from S California): 8, forehead (lateral); 17, abdomen and postrior part of thorax (lateral).
Cephalothorax length: 1.2 mm.

Rostrum bifid, remarkably long, and heavy in the basal two-thirds, witha delicate filament at the end.
A1 23-segmented, 1.6 mm long.
Semi-transparent and without pigment.
Plate 2 Issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1913, 11 (10). [Pl. 12, Figs. 59, 62].
Female: 59, exopod of P1; 62, P5.

Nota: 3rd segment of P5 tapers to an awl-like point; the outer margin near the base carries a small spine, and there is a heavy toothed bristle on the inner margin; there es a row of 7 or 8 spines on the distal margin of the 2nd segment.

Complementary References

Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.111)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Scolecithrix elephas by geographical zones


Localisations

NE Pacif. (California: San Diego)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

? Cf. Scolecithrix aculeata .
Probably in the Genus Amallothrix.
Last update : 31/01/2015

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