Scolecocalanus lobatus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Scolecocalanus lobatus Farran, 1936 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Clausocalanoidea

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Family Scolecitrichidae

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Genus Scolecocalanus

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References

List of the studied authors

Farran, 1936 a (p.104, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.114)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : G.P. Farran in Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929, Scient. Rep., V, N°3, 1936. [p.103, Fig.15].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, abdomen (lateral); d, idem (dorsal); e, rostrum; f, A2; g, Mx2; h, Mxp; i, P1; j, P2; k, P5.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Scolecocalanus lobatus by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

E Australia (Great Barrier Reef)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(34) F: 3,66; {F: 3,66}

Remarks

For Farran (1936, p.104) this species can be distinguished from S. galeatus by its less prominent crest, and the presence of a lobe on the genital segment.

Last update : 31/01/2015

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