Plate 1 issued from : M.S. Wilson in Smithson. misc. Collns, 1946, 106 (9). [p.11, Fig.2]. Female (from mount Desert Island, Maine): A, A1; B, Mx1; C, Mx1 (proximal spine of masticatory lobe, enlarged); D, P1; E, P4; F, P5. Nota: A1 22-segmented, 8 aesthetascs. Eye spot present, small. Endopod of P5 2-segmented, the whole bearing 6 spines.
Male: G, A1; H, endopod of P4; I, P5. Nota: A1 15-segmented. Exopod of P5 3-segmented, distal segment of endopod with 5 spines.
Plate 2 issued from : M.S. Wilson in Smithson. misc. Collns, 1946, 106 (9). [p.7, Fig.1, H-I]. Female: H, P2; I, endopod of P3.
Plate 3 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 3-segmented.
Distribution
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Distribution map of Platycopia tumida by geographical zones
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