Clytemnestra longipes - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Clytemnestra longipes Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000 (M)

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Syn.:

Clytemnestra scutellata : in material collected during Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 (stations 62, 65, 68).

Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000 (p.24, Descr.M, figs.M); Huys & Boxshall, 2004 (p.278)

Species Clytemnestra longipes - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : Huys and Conroy-Dalton in Bull. nat. Mus. Lond., 2000, 66 (1). [p.23, Fig.14].
Male (from Great barrier Reef): A, habitus (dorsal); B, urosome (ventral); C, exopodite 3 of P2; D, P5 (anterior); E, right P6.

issued from : Huys and Conroy-Dalton in Bull. nat. Mus. Lond., 2000, 66 (1). [p.24].
Male: armature formula P2-P4.

Species Clytemnestra longipes - Plate 3 of morphological figures

issued from : Huys and Conroy-Dalton in Bull. nat. Mus. Lond., 2000, 66 (1). [p.45, Table 1].
Diagnostic characters.
A1 = antennule; GDS = genital double-somite; AS = first abdominal somite. Measurements based on material examined in the publication.

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Distribution map of Clytemnestra longipes by geographical zones

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

E Australia (Great Barrier Reef).

Type locality: Great Barrier Reef.

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(931) M: 1,211; {M: 1,21}

Rem.:

After Huys & Conroy-Dalton (2000, p.24) the male of this species differs from all known males in: 1- the ventral ornamentation pattern of the urosome, displaying spinules on all postgenital somites; 2- the extreme elongation of the P5 and P6. This species has the same swimming leg setal formula as C. setosa but, in addition to the characters listed , differs from the latter in body size and the presence of the proximal endite on the maxillary (Mx2) syncoxa.

Identification characters after G.A. Boxshall & S.H. Halsey (2004, p.278):
1- Exopod of P1 with 4 distal setal elements; female A1 7-segmented.
2- Exopod of P5 in both sexes armed with 5 setae; 3rd exopodal segment of P2 with total of 6 spines/setae.
3- 3rd exopodal segment of P3 and P4 each with total of 7 spines/setae.
4- Male P5 elongate, with apex of exopodal segment extending to posterior margin of 1st free abdominal somite; Mx2 with proximal seta on syncoxa representing endite.

Last update : 13/09/2015


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