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Platycopioida ( Order ) |
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Platycopiidae ( Family ) |
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Platycopia ( Genus ) |
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Platycopia pygmaea Sars, 1919 (F,M) | |
| | | | | | | Ref.: | | | Sars, 1919 (1921) (p.13, figs.F,M); M.S. Wilson, 1946 (p.9, Rem.F,M) |  issued from : G.O. Sars in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VII. Copepoda Supplement. Published by the Bergen Museum, (1919) 1921. [Pl. VII]. Female & Male. Nota: Ri = endopodite.
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 Both A1 male nongeniculate. Sexual dimorphism present in P5. A2 exopod 6-segmented. Exopod of Md indistinctly 3-segmented. Mx2 not extremely modified. Syncoxa of Mxp with 2 setae ...... P1 with 2-segmented exopod and 2-segmented endopod. Exopod of P2 to P5 having inner setae; P2-P5 with outer spines on 1st exopod segment..... Platycopia...... 3 - 1st and 2nd exopod segments of P3 to P5 of female lacking inner setae or spines..... 4 - Endopod of P2 2-segmented...... 5 - Distal 2 endopod segments of female P5 incompletely fused, bearing 4 spines. Endopod of male P5 2-segmented.
| | | | | Compl. Ref.: | | | Drira & al., 2010 (p.145, Tanl.2) | | | | NZ: | 2 | | |
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Distribution map of Platycopia pygmaea by geographical zones
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| | | | | |  Chart of 1996 | |
| | | | Loc: | | | Norway (Korshavn); E Medit. (Tunisia: G. of Gabès) | | | | N: | 3 | | | | Lg.: | | | (132) F: 0,6; M: 0,52; {F: 0,60; M: 0,52} | | | | Rem.: | epibenthic, hyperbenthic.
This species is the firts mention in the Mediterranean Sea (in Drira & al., 2010. | | | Last update : 28/01/2015 | |
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