Copilia longistylis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Copilia longistylis Mori, 1932 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Sapphirinidae

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Genus Copilia

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References

List of the studied authors

Mori, 1932 a (p.173, Descr.F, figs.F) 1937 (1964 ) (p.141, Rem.F, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.410); Chiba & al., 1957 a (p.12); Kim & al., 1993 (p.270); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.992, Pl.231: F); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.653); Ohtsuka & al., 2015 (p.123, Table 2);

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Plate 1 issued from : T. Mori in The Pelagic copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl.79, Figs.4-11].
Female (23°8'N, 124°8'E & 33°N, 140°E): 4, habitus (dorsal); 5, A2; 6, terminal portion of A2; 7, A1; 8, P4; 9, P3; 10, P2; 11, P1.
Nota: Distance between 2 cuticular lenses 2.5 times as long as the diameter of the lens.
- Anal segment nearly as long as the other part of the posterior division.
- Caudal rami longer than twice as long as the posterior division of body.
- 1st segment of A2 nearly twice as long as the 2nd, and has a spine on the distal end; 2nd segment longer than the 3rd, and has a spine on the middle portion of the anterior margin, the anterior margin of the 3rd segment has 3 spines, among which the middle is the longest; the 4th segment is longer than the 3rd; terminal claw stout.
- Endopodite of P4 0.5 times as long as the 1st segment of exopodite, and has 2 setae.

Species Copilia longistylis - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : T. Mori in Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 1932, 44 (523). [Pl.V, Figs.7-10].
Female (from Southern waters of Japan):7, A2; 8, terminal portion of A2; 9, P4; 10, habitus (dorsal).

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.77); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.113); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); Zakaria & al., 2016 (p.1, Table 1, Rem.); Palomares-Garcia & al., 2018 (p.178, Table 1: occurrence)

Distribution

NZ: 6

Distribution map of Copilia longistylis by geographical zones

Distribution map of Copilia longistylis for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Distribution map of Copilia longistylis for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Copilia longistylis for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Localisations

Geographical glossary

SE Indian, Bay of Bengal, China Seas (East China Sea South China Sea), off E Taiwan, S Korea, Japan, off Hachijo Is., Bikini Is., W Baja California, La Paz (Mexico), Pacif. (W equatorial), E Medit. (W Egyptian coast)

Quotations

N: 14

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(91) F: ± 3,46; (151) F: 3,46; (866) F: 3,9; {F: 3,46-3,90}

Remarks

epi-mesopelagic.
According to Mori (1932a, p.176) this species ressembles C. mediterranea, but the caudal rami are 2 times longer than the posterior division of bedy, the middle spine on the 1st segment of endopodite of A2 is the longest of 3 spines located on the segment.

Last update : 13/11/2020

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