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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Copilia quadrata  Dana, 1849   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Cyclopoida
Family Sapphirinidae

Synonymy

Copilia recta (M) Giesbrecht, 1891; 1892 (p.648, 658, figs.M); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.139, figs.M); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.77); C.-Y. Lee & al., 2009 (p.151, Tab.2);
Copilia denticulata (F) : Giesbrecht, 1892 (part., p.657, figs.F); Corral-Estrada, 1970 (p.233, figs.F, no M); Corral Estrada Pereiro Muñoz, 1974 (p.11: tab.I)

References

Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.647, 658, 771, figs.F,M); A. Scott, 1909 (p.261, Rem.); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.358); Pesta, 1920 (p.644); Lehenhofer, 1926 (p.130, 140, figs.F,M); Farran, 1929 (p.211, 291); Rose, 1933 a (p.323, figs.F,M); Farran, 1936 a (p.134); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.140, figs.F,M); Dakin & Colefax, 1940 (p.109, figs.F,M); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.44); Sewell, 1947 (p.271); Chiba & al., 1957 (p.310); 1957 a (p.12); Gregory & Ross, 1964 (p.1166, figs.F); Owre & Foyo, 1967 (p.119, figs.F,M); Marques, 1968 a (p.397); Ramirez, 1969 (p.95, figs.M); Downing, 1972 (p.247, fig.F, lenses function v.s. behaviour); Razouls, 1972 (p.95, Annexe: p.126); Marques, 1975 (p.53); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.673, figs.F); Marques, 1982 (p.775); Corral Estrada, 1970 (p.233, Rem.); Zheng & al., 1982 (p.132, figs.F); Baessa de Aguiar, 1986 (1989) (p.64, fig.M, Rem. M); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.992, Pl. 231, 232: F,M); Boxshall, 1998 (p.228); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.887, 972, figs.F,M); Conway & al., 2003 (p.227, figs.F,M, Rem.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.653); Avancini & al., 2006 (p.142, Pl. 110, figs.F,M, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.359, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : F.C. Ramirez in Contr. Inst. Biol. mar., Buenos Aires, 1969, 98. [p.94, Lam. XIX, figs. 164, 165, 166].
Male (from off Mar del Plata): 164, A2; 165, Mxp; 166, habitus (dorsal).
Scale bars in mm: 0.6 (164); 0.1 (165); 1 (166).
Plate 2 issued from : J. Corral Estrada in Tesis Doct., Univ. Madrid, A-129, Sec. Biologicas, 1970. [Lam.57, fig.6]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female (from Canarias Is.): 6, distal segments of urosome.
Plate 3 issued from : J. Corral Estrada in Tesis Doct., Univ. Madrid, A-129, Sec. Biologicas, 1970. [Lam.58, fig.1]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: 1, A2.
Plate 4 issued from : Z. Zheng, S. Li, S.J. Li & B. Chen in Marine planktonic copepods in Chinese waters. Shanghai Sc. Techn. Press, 1982 [p.133, Fig.82].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (ventral); c, A2; d, P4.
Plate 5 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig. 33].
Female: A2.
Plate 6 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.13 ].
Female: posterior of body (dorsal).
Plate 7 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.22].
Female: exopod of P1 (outer portion).
Plate 8 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.16 ].
Female: endopod of P3.
Se = outer seta; Si = inner seta; Ri1 = endopodal segment 1.
Plate 9 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.1 ].
Male: habitus (dorsal).
Plate 10 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.10 ].
Male: posterior part of body (ventral).
Plate 11 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.28].
Male: 8exopod of P1 (outer part)..
Plate 12 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Figs.36, 41 ].
Male: 36, A2; 41, Mxp.
Plate 13 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.14 ]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: 14, habitus (lateral).
Plate 14 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.48 ]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female:48, A1 (ventral view).
Plate 15 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.145]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female:45, A2.
Plate 16 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Figs.49-52 ]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: 49, Mx2 ( (posterior view); 50, Mx1; 51, Mxp; 52, Md.
B1 = basipodite 1 (= coxa); B2 = basipodite 2 (= basis).
Plate 17 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.9 ]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: urosome.
Plate 18 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.11]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: 11, posterior portion of urosome (ventral view).
Plate 19 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.50 , Fig.15]. As Copilia denticulata.
Female: 15, distal portion of caudal ramus (ventral view).
Si = inner seta; Se = outer seta.
Plate 20 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. - Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.4 ]. As Copiliarecta.
Male: 4, habitus (dorsal).
Plate 21 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. - Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 50, Fig.32 ]. As Copilia recta.
Male: 32, A2.
Plate 22 issued from : T. Mori in The Pelagic copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl.79, Figs.1-3].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, A2; 3, endopodite 2 of A2 (distal portion).
Plate 23 issued from : T. Mori in The Pelagic copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl.78, Fig.11].
Female: 11, P4.
Plate 24 issued from : T. Mori in The Pelagic copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl.78, Figs.7-10].
Male: 7, A2; 8, P4; 9, habitus (dorsal); 10, Mxp.
Plate 25 issued from : C. Lehnhofer in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. ''Valdivia'', 1926, 23 (1). [p.140, Textfig.16].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal; 2, urosome (dorsal); 3, A2 (segment 3-4); 4, processes on segment 4 of A2; 5, P4.
Plate 26 issued from : C. Lehnhofer in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. ''Valdivia'', 1926, 23 (1). [p.131, Textfig.10].
Male: 1, A2 (segment 2); 2, A2 and detail of segment 3; 3, detail of distal part of segment 4 of A2; 4, Mxp.

Complementary References

Rose, 1925 (p.153); 1925 a (p.8); Wilson, 1942 a (p.179); Sewell, 1948 (p.346); C.B. Wilson 1950 (p.191); Yamazi, 1958 (p.155, Rem.); Wickstead, 1962 (p.549, food & feeding); Fagetti, 1962 (p.48); Ganapati & Shanthakumari, 1962 (p.10, 16); V.N. Björnberg, 1963 (p.90, Rem.); Greze, 1963 a (tabl.2); De Decker & Mombeck, 1964 (p.12); Shmeleva, 1965 b (p.1350, lengths-volume -weight relation); Furuhashi, 1966 a (p.295, vertical distribution in Kuroshio region, Table 9);Neto & Paiva, 1966 (p.35, Table III); Mazza, 1966 (p.74); Pavlova, 1966 (p.45); Ehrhardt, 1967 (p.743, geographic distribution, Rem.); Deevey, 1971 (p.224); Apostolopoulou, 1972 (p.329, 381); Corral Estrada & Pereiro Muñoz, 1974 (p.11: tab.I); Palet, 1975 (p.660); Boxshall, 1977 b (p.557); Deevey & Brooks, 1977 (p.156, tab.2, Station "S"); Tranter, 1977 (p.596, 599); Dessier, 1979 (p.208); Chen Q-c, 1980 (p.795); Vives, 1982 (p.296); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Scotto di Carlo & al., 1984 (p.1044); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Longhurst, 1985 (tab.2); Jansa, 1985 (p.108, Tabl.I, II, III, IV); Brinton & al., 1986 (p.228, Table 1); Renon, 1987 (tab.2); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.61); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 a (tab.1); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Othman & al., 1990 (p.561, 564, Table 1); Yoo, 1991 (tab.1); Lozano, 1991 (p.175); Baessa De Aguiar, 1991 (1993) (p.107); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1991 (1993) (tab.I); Kim & al., 1993 (p.270); Webber & Roff, 1995 (tab.1); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.77); Böttger-Schnack, 1995 (p.93); Kotani & al., 1996 (tab.2); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.104); Gilabert & Moreno, 1998 (tab.1, 2); Alvarez-Cadena & al., 1998 (t.4); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.112); Noda & al., 1998 (p.55, Table 3, occurrence); Neumann-Leitao & al., 1999 (p.153, tab.2); Lopez-Salgado & al., 2000 (tab.1); Zerouali & Melhaoui, 2002 (p.91, Tableau I); Vukanic, 2003 (p.139, tab.1); Shimode & Shirayama, 2004 (tab.2); Rezai & al., 2004 (p.490, tab.2); Daly Yahia & al., 2004 (p.366, fig.4); Lan & al., 2004 (p.332, tab.1); Lo & al., 2004 (p.89, tab.1); Lavaniegos & Jiménez-Pérez, 2006 (p.139, tab.2, Rem.); Hwang & al., 2006 (p.943, tabl. I); Khelifi-Touhami & al., 2007 (p.327, Table 1); Hwang & al., 2007 (p.25); Jitlang & al., 2008 (p.65, Table 1); Neumann-Leitao & al., 2008 (p.799: Tab.II, fig.6); Ayon & al., 2008 (p.238, Table 4: Peruvian samples); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); Williamson & McGowan, 2010 (p.273, Table 3, Pacific central gyres: N and S); Hernandez-Trujillo & al., 2010 (p.913, Table 2); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.429); Medellin-Mora & Navas S., 2010 (p.265, Tab. 2); W.-B. Chang & al., 2010 (p.735, Table 2, abundance); Hsiao S.H. & al., 2011 (p.475, Appendix I); Tseng L.-C. & al., 2011 (p.47, Table 2, occurrences vs mesh sizes); Maiphae & Sa-ardrit, 2011 (p.641, Table 2, 3, Rem.); Uysal & Shmeleva, 2012 (p.909, Table I); Belmonte & al., 2013 (p.222, Table 2, abundance vs stations); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, pers. comm.); Zakaria & al., 2016 (p.1, Table 1); Benedetti & al., 2016 (p.159, Table I, fig.1, functional characters); El Arraj & al., 2017 (p.272, table 2); Benedetti & al., 2018 (p.1, Fig.2: ecological functional group); Palomares-Garcia & al., 2018 (p.178, Table 1: occurrence)

Distribution

Additional Maps & Charts

Map 5 issued from : C. Lehnhofer in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. ''Valdivia'', 1926, 23 (1). [p.168, Textfig.32].
Zoogeographical distribution of C. quadrata.
Map 6 issued from : H.B. Owre & M. Foyo in Fauna Caribaea, 1, Crustacea, 1: Copepoda. Copepods of the Florida Current. 1967. [p.119, Table 59].
Vertical distribution of Copilia quadrata at the ''40-Mile Station'' in the Florida Current ( E Miami: ± 25°35'N, 79°27'W; depth 738 m).
SL 55: 21 VII 1958. A: during midday; B: during midnight.

Localisations

South Africa (E), off N Angola, Baia Farta, off S St. Helena Is., off S Ascension Is., off Trinidade Is., G. of Guinea, off NE St. Paul Is., Cape Verde Is. (S & N), Canary Is., off Madeira, Portugal, Argentina (off C. San Antonio), Brazil, off Natal, off Amazon, Barbada Is., Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Colombia, Jamaica, Yucatan, G. of Mexico, Cuba, Florida, Sargasso Sea, off Bermuda (Station "S"), Azores, Ibero-moroccan Bay, Medit. (Alboran Sea, Alger, El Kala shelf, Castellon, Baleares, Banyuls, Marseille, Monaco, Napoli, Tyrrhenian Sea, Messina, Gulf of Taranto, N & S Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, W Egyptian coast, Lebanon Basin), Red Sea, Arabian Sea, off SE Madagascar, Nosy Bé, Indian, India (Saurashtra coast, Lawson's Bay), Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Is. (Nankaurie Harbour), Straits of Malacca, G. of Thailand, Indonesia-Malaysia, Philippines, Viet-Nam, Hong Kong, China Seas (Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea), Taiwan (E, S, NW, N: Mienhua Canyon), S Korea, Japan, Kuchinoerabu Is., Tanabe Bay, Pacif. (W equatorial), Pacific (central gyres: N and S), Australia (G. of Carpentaria, Great Barrier, New South Wales), off N New Zealand, Fidji Is., Bikini Is., Hawaii, W & S Baja California (Bahia Magdalena, La Paz), Gulf of California, Clipperton Is., off W Guatemala, Galapagos, Peru, off N Chile

Quotations

N: 137

Dimensions (mm)

(46) F: 3,65-3,35; 4,45-3,85; M: 5,6-4,5; 4,8-4,1; (104) F: 4; M: 4,5; (180) F: 3,37-2,3; 4,22-3,42; (254) M: 5,3; (332) F: 4,1; (458) M: 4,81; (651) F: 4,58-4,42; (703) F: 4,4-2,2; M: 5,7-3,5; (794) F: 4,2-1,4; M: 2,8; (866) F: 3,48-3,2; M: 4,48; (1023) F: 2,21-3,13; {F: 1,40-4,58; M: 2,80-5,70}
Lozano (1991) note des individus femelle et mâle de dimensions inférieures à celles généralement observées.

Remarks

epiplagic. Overall Depth Range in Sargasso Sea: 0-1000 m (Deevey & Brooks, 1977, Station "S"). 0-217 m at Station T-1 (E Tori Is., E middle Japan) from Furuhashi (1966 a).
After Benedetti & al. (2018, p.1, Fig.2) this species belonging to the functional group 1 corresponding to large sac-spawning carnivorous.

See in DVP Conway & al., 2003 (version 1)
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