Monstrilla anglica - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Monstrilla anglica Lubbock, 1857 (M)

Taxonomy

Order Monstrilloida

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Family Monstrillidae

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Genus Monstrilla

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Synonymy

Monstrilla danae (M) Claparède, 1863;
no M. anglica : T. Scott, 1904 (p.246, figs.F); Wilson, 1932 a (p.394);
Cymbasoma herdmani Thompson, 1888
Non Haemocera danae (F, M) : Malaquin, 1901 (p.107, 108: tableau, Pl. II, figs.4, 5; non female).

References

List of the studied authors

Bourne, 1890 b (p.573, 576, figs.M, Rem.); Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.586); Malaquin, 1901 (p.110: Rem.); van Breemen, 1908 a (p.209, figs.M, ? F); Pesta, 1920 (p.246, figs.F); Rose, 1933 a (p.345, figs.M, Rem;); Sewell, 1949 (p.134, figs.M, Rem.); Isaac, 1975 (p.6, 8, figs.M); McAlice, 1985 (p.632, 633, Rem.); Suarez-Morales & Escamilla, 2001 (p.1442 & suiv.: Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.185, figs.M, Rem.) ; Suarez-Morales, 2011 (p.12: Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports, IX (2), 1949. [p.135, Fig.37].
Male (from Nankauri Harbour, Nicobar Is.): A, abdomen (lateral right side); B, idem (ventral); C, A1.
Nota:
- Proportional lengths of the anterior and posterior regions of the body as 76 to 24.
- Abdomen 4-segmented.
- Caudal rami widely divergent, each ramus bears 6 setae (5 subequal, 6th arises from the dorsal aspect.
- A1 5-segmented, proportional lengths as 17 : 17 : 14 : 27 : 25 = 100; the joint between the 4th and 5th segments hinged.

Species Monstrilla anglica - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 Issued from : A. Malaquin in Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen., 1901, 3è ser., IX. [P.221, Pl. II, figs.4, 5]. As Haemocera danae , doubtful.
Male (from Roscoff): 4, habitus (lateral); 5, same (ventral).
Sph : spermatophore; an¹ : antennule; b : mouth aperture; Oel : lateral eye; Oem : median eye; a-b^1-2 : urosomal somites 1 and 2; Th⁵ : 5th thoracic somite; Th² : 2nd thoracic somite; F : caudal rami.

Nota:
- Number of abdominal segments between the genital somite and the caudal rami : 3.
- 4 setae on the caudal ramus.
- P5 absent.
- A1 with 4 segments
- Prominence well-developed on the genital segment.
Localization of the mouth cone : foremost.

Rem. Considered as the type of Cymbasoma danae sensu Malaqin, 1901.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Citarella, 1982 (p.791, 799, frequency, Tableau II, V); 1989 (p.123, abundance); Grygier, 1995 a (p.9, 12, 24, 60); ? Alvarez-Cadena & al., 1998 (tab.1); Bernier & al., 2002 (p.651, tab.1)

Distribution

NZ: 4 + 2 doubtful

Distribution map of Monstrilla anglica by geographical zones

Distribution map of Monstrilla anglica for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Distribution map of Monstrilla anglica for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Monstrilla anglica for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Localisations

Geographical glossary

? Bay of Shédiac (in Citarella, 1982, 1984), British Is. (Weymouth, Firth of Forth, ... , English Channel), ? Medit. (Malta), Is. Nicobar Is., Viet-Nam, ? Caribbean Sea (Puerto Morelos)

Quotations

N: 7

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(662) M: 1,27; {M: 1,27}

Remarks

It is possible that the females of M. gracilicauda or M. investigatoris belong to this species.

Last update : 21/03/2020

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