Oithona sp.2 Ferrari & Bowman - Species Card

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Oithona sp.2 Ferrari & Bowman, 1980 (M)

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List of the studied authors )

Ferrari & Bowman, 1980 (p.20, figs.M)

issued from : F.D. Ferrari & T.E. Bowman in Smiths. Contr. Zool., 1980, 312. [p.21, Fig.13 d-e].
Male (from Caribbean area): d, habitus (lateral right side); e, cephalosome and flap.
Nota: Prosome/Urosome = 1.5. Rostrum absent. Head rounded in lateral view). Cephalosome flap a right triangle, reacing middle pediger 1; ridge parallel to ventral edge of cephalosome divides \"pore signature\", anterodorsal cluster well developed with 7 or 8 rows of organs; dorsal 4 rows continue posteriorly as horizntal row; behind this a chevron-shaped column followed by 4 columns; ventral to ridge a large number of organs, organized anteriorly in horizontal patterns, posteriorly as vertical or oblique rows. Number of spines on exopodal segments: P1: 1-1-3: P2: 1-1-3; P3: 1-1-3; P4: 1-1-2. P5 with single seta. Genital flap with small bump armed with thick (probably elongate) seta (broken in the specimen) and a smaller seta dorsally.

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Distribution map of Oithona sp.2 by geographical zones

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

Venezuela (Carupano Harbour)

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(624) M: 0,57; {M: 0,57}

Rem.:

For Ferrari & Bowman (1980, p.22) it should be possible to attribuate this male to O. decipiens

Last update : 26/01/2015


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