Plate 1 issued from : G.D. Grice & K. Huisemann in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1967, 122 (3583). [p.49, Figs.32-34]. Female (from Indian Ocean): 32, habitus (lateral right side); 33, 5th thoracic segment and urosome (dorsal); 34, Mxp (setae on distal segments omitted).
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment incompletely separated, 4th and 5th separated. 5th thoracic segment ends in rounded protusions. Mx1 with 4 setae on second inner lobe, 3 on third inner lobe, 4 on second basal segment and 9 on endopod. The knoblike protrusions of the 5th thoracic segment and the number of setae on the Mx1 will distinguish this species from S. polaris Brodsky.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Spinocalanus ventriosus by geographical zones