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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Tortanus (Eutortanus) spinicaudatus  Shen & Bai, 1956   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Tortanidae
Sub-Genus Eutortanus

References

Shen & Bai, 1956 (p.224, figs.F,M); Chen & Zhang, 1965 (p.116, figs.F,M); Ohtsuka & al., 1992 (p.121)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from: Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang in Studia Marina Sinica, 1965, 7. [Pl.51, 8-11].
Female (from E China Sea): 8, habitus (dorsal); 9, P5 (posterior).

Male: 10, habitus (dorsal); 11, P5 (posterior).
Plate 2 issued from : C.- j. Shen & S.-o. Bai in Acta Zool. sin., 1956, 8 (2). [Pl.VI, Figs.47-48c].
Female (from Chefoo): 47, habitus (dorsal); 48, P5.

Male: 48a, urosome (dorsal); 48b, P5; 48c, left leg of P5 (distal portion of the segment, enlarged).
Plate 3 issued from : C.-j. Shen & S.-o. Bai in Acta Zool. sin., 1956, 8 (2). [p.225].
Table: Comparison between Tortanus spinicaudatus and Tortanus discaudatus.
Plate 4 issued from : C.-j. Shen & S.-o. Bai in Acta Zool. sin., 1956, 8 (2). [p.226].
Table: Comparison between Tortanus spinicaudatus and Tortanus discaudatus.

Complementary References

Chen Q., 1983 (p.133); Hwang & Choi, 1993 (tab.3); Myung & al., 1994 (tab.1); Ohtsuka & al., 1995 (p.159); Ohtsuka & al., 2008 (p.115, Table 6); Lee D.B. & al., 2012 (p.88, co-occurrence); Youn & al., 2012 (p.33, Table 1: seasonal composition); Seo & al., 2013 (p.448, Table 1, occurrence)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Tortanus (Eutortanus) spinicaudatus by geographical zones


Additional Maps & Charts

Map 3 issued from : S. Ohtsuka, Y.H. Yoon & Y. Endo in The J. Oceanol. Soc. Korea, 1992, 27 (2). [p.120, Fig.6].
Schematic illustration of distribution patterns of five sepecies of the subgenus Eutortanus.

Localisations

China Seas (Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow River estuary, Tangku, N of Tsutao), W Korea (Harbours, Asan Bay, Yongsan River estuary)

Quotations

N: 14

Dimensions (mm)

(437) F: 2,17-1,44; M: 1,65; (290) F: 1,5-2,1; M: 1,3-1,8; {F: 1,44-2,17; M: 1,30-1,80}

Remarks

This species resembles Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson & Scott), but is distinguishable (see supra: Table).
Last update : 07/09/2015

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