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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Mimocalanus brodskyi  Razouls, 1974   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Spinocalanoidea
Family Spinocalanidae

Synonymy

Mimocalanus distinctocephalus : Boucher & De Bovée,1970 (p.527, figs.F); Kovalev & Schmeleva, 1982 (p.83);
Mimocalanus heronae : Hure & al., 1980 (p.297); Scotto di Carlo & Ianora, 1983 (p.150); Scotto di Carlo & al., 1984 (p.1042); Scotto di Carlo & al., 1991 (p.270); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.41, 100); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.427)

References

Razouls, 1974 (p.497, tab.I, II, III, IV, Rem.); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.304, 318, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : Boucher & de Bovée F. in Vie Milieu, 1972, (B) 21 (3). As Mimocalanus distinctocephalus.
Female: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, habitus (lateral view); C, Urosome; D, A1; E, A2; F, Mxp; G, Md (palpe); H, Md (gnathobase); I, Mx1; J, Mx2; K, P1; L, P2; M, P3; N, P4.
Plate 2 issued from : C. Razouls in Vie Milieu, (1974) 1975, 24 (3, sér.A). [p.500, Table I].
Female (paratype from Boucher & de Bovée) : Chetotaxy of Md. (Si = number of inner seta; St = number of terminal seta).
Plate 3 issued from : C. Razouls in Vie Milieu, (1974) 1975, 24 (3, sér.A). [p.500, Table II].
Female (paratype from Boucher & de Bovée): Chetotaxy of Mx1 (Basi = basipodite; Li = inner lobe; Ri= endopodite; Re = exopodite; SF = stout seta)
Plate 4 issued from : C. Razouls in Vie Milieu, (1974) 1975, 24 (3, sér.A). [p.501, Table III].
Female (paratype from Boucher & de Bovée) : Chetotaxy of Mx2. (Basi = basipodite; L = lobe; Endo = endopodite).
Plate 5 issued from : C. Razouls in Vie Milieu, (1974) 1975, 24 (3, sér.A). [p.502, Table I]V.
Female (paratype from Boucher & de Bovée) : Chetotaxy of Mxp. (Basi = basipodite; Ri = endopodite; Si = inner seta; Se = outer seta); St = terminal seta.

Complementary References

Belmonte, 2018 (p.273, Table I: Italian zones)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Mimocalanus brodskyi by geographical zones


Localisations

Medit. (Alboran Sea, G. of Lion, Ligurian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, S Sicily, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, bassin Lebanon Basin)

Quotations

N: 7

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

I assume (CR) a confusion between this endemic Mediterranean species and M. heronae.
Last update : 09/12/2021

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