Oncaea rotundata - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Oncaeidae

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Genus Oncaea

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References

List of the studied authors

Boxshall, 1977 a (p.128, Descr.F, figs.F); Malt, 1982 (p.193); 1983 (p.107, figs.F,M, Descr.M); 1983 a (p.7, figs.F, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1977, 31 (3). [p.129, Fig.14].
Female (from 18°N, 25°W): a, habitus (dorsal); b, A1 (ventral, segmentation only); c, A2 (anterior); d, Md (anterior); e, Mx1 (posterior); f, urosome (dorsal); g,Mxp (anterior); h, Mx2 (posterior).

Species Oncaea rotundata - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1977, 31 (3). [p.131, Fig.15].
Female: a-d, P1 to P4 (posterior).

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Boxshall, 1977 b (p.549); Khelifi-Touhami & al., 2007 (p.327, Table 1)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Oncaea rotundata by geographical zones

Distribution map of Oncaea rotundata for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Localisations

Geographical glossary

off Cape Verde Is., off E Azores, W Medit. (Gulf of Annaba)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(139) F: 1,27-1,05; (700) F: 1,36-0,93; M: 1-0,89; {F: 0,93-1,36; M: 0,89-1,00}

Remarks

meso-bathypelagic.
According to Boxshall (1977, p.130) this species is closely related to O. obscura Farran, 1908 but it can be distinguished from it by the structure and armature of P4.

Last update : 27/01/2016

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