Triconia recta - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Triconia recta Böttger-Schnack, 1999 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Oncaeidae

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Genus Triconia

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References

List of the studied authors

Böttger-Schnack, 1999 (p.43,62, Descr.F, figs.F); 2000 (p.70, Descr.M, figs.M); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2001 (p.1029, tab.1, 2); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2004 (p.1130, tab.1, Rem); Böttger-Schnack, 2004 (p.220: tab.2, p. 221: Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : R. Böttger-Schnack in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1999, 96 [p.120, Fig.40].
Female (from Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral right side); C, urosome (dorsal); D, idem (lateral right side); E, A1; F, caudal ramus (dorsal); G, P5 (dorsal).
Nota: Proportional lengths (%) of urosomites and caudal rami 8.9:54.8:7.5:6.7:12.3:9.7. Relative lengths (%) of segments measured along posterior non-setigerous margin 8.0:21.8:42.8:12.3:4.3:10.7. Anal somite 1.3 times wider than long, slightly longer than caudal rami. Caudal ramus about 1.6 times as long as wide, dorsal surface covered with numerous minute pits (not figured).

Species Triconia recta - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : R. Böttger-Schnack in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1999, 96 [p.121, Fig.41].
Female: A, A2; B, labrum (anterior); C, idem (posterior); D, Md (showing individual elements); E, Mx1; F, Mx2; G, Mxp.

Species Triconia recta - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : R. Böttger-Schnack in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 1999, 96 [p.123, Fig.42].
Female: A, P1 (anterior) [a, distal part of terminal spine showing subapical tubular extension]; B, P2 (anterior); C, P3 (anterior); D, P4 (anterior).

Species Triconia recta - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 issued from : R. Böttger-Schnack in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 2000, 97 [p.71, Fig.1].
Male (from Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal); B, A1; C, Mxp (anterior); D, urosome (dorsal); E, idem (ventral); F, idem (lateral left side), spermatophores immature); G, A2 (distal endopod segment, distal setae omitted, lateral setae numbered using Roman numerals, arrow indicating ornamentation of modified seta IV).

Species Triconia recta - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Plate 5 issued from : R. Böttger-Schnack in Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 2000, 97 [p.72, Fig.2].
Male: A, Mxp (medial view); B, P1 (coxa, basis and intercoxal sclerite, posterior, arrows indicating sexually dimorphic ornamentation); C, P4 (coxa and basis (posterior, arrow indicating sexually dimorphic ornamentation).

Female (from Red Sea): D, egg-sac.

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Triconia recta by geographical zones

Distribution map of Triconia recta for the Zone Indian Ocean

Localisations

Geographical glossary

G. of Aqaba, Red Sea (N-S), Strait of Bab al Mandab, Arabian Sea

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(810) F: 0,62-0,60; (811) M: 0,52-0,47; {F: 0,60-0,62; M: 0,47-0,52}

Remarks

Close to Triconia hawii.

Last update : 02/02/2015

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