Monstrilla gibbosa - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Monstrilla gibbosa Suarez-Morales & Palomares-Garcia, 1995 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Monstrilloida

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Family Monstrillidae

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Genus Monstrilla

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References

List of the studied authors

Suarez-Morales & Palomares-Garcia, 1995 (p.747, figs.F); Barranco-Ramirez & al., 2002 (p.1281, figs.F)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : E. Suarez-Morales & R. Palomares-Garcia in J. Plankton Res., 1995, 17 (4). [p.746, Fig.1].
Female (from E Baja California Peninsula): a-b, habitus (dorsal and ventral, respectively).

Nota: Urosome consisting of 5th pedigerous, double-somite (with evident dorsal suture which appears as an intersegmental division) and 2 free abdominal somites [30.2:42.4:14.2:13.2 = 100]. Caudal rami 1.6 times longer than wide.

Species Monstrilla gibbosa - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : E. Suarez-Morales & R. Palomares-Garcia in J. Plankton Res., 1995, 17 (4). [p.748, Fig.2].
Female: a, P5 (ventral); b, right A1 (dorsal); c, left A1 (dorsal).
Nota: Irregular margin of the P5 exopodal lobe.

Species Monstrilla gibbosa - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : E. Suarez-Morales & R. Palomares-Garcia in J. Plankton Res., 1995, 17 (4). [p.749, Fig.3].
Female: a, genital complex (lateral); b, idem (ventral); c, anterior portion of cephalosome (lateral); d, idem (dorsal).
Nota: Presence of two anterior ventral protuberances on the cephalosome (these kinds of protuberances, either rostral or on the anterior margin of the cephalosome) are not common throughout the group).

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Palomares-Garcia & al., 2018 (p.178, Table 1: occurrence)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Monstrilla gibbosa by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

G. of California (Puerto Escondido, Urias estuary), Bahia de La Paz

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(744) F: 2,27; (926): F: 1,76 [without Furca]; {F: 1,76-2,27}

Remarks

Inshore.

Last update : 13/11/2020

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