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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paivella naporai  Wheeler, 1970   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Aetideidae

References

Wheeler, 1970 (p.10, Descr.F, figs.F); Campaner, 1985 (p.11, figs.F, Rem.); Markhaseva, 1996 (p.235, figs.F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.879, 922, figs.F)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A.F. Campaner in Bolm Inst. oceanogr., S Paulo, 1985, 33 (1). [p.11, Fig.7].
Female (off Rio de Janeiro): a, habitus (dorsal); b, forhead (lateral); c, last prosomal and 1st urosomal somites (lateral left side).
Nota: Similar to holotype, except for the rostrum more curved ventrally and prosomal posterolateral corners slightly more ponted.
Plate 2 Issued from : E.H. Wheeler, Jr in Smiths. Contr. Zool., 1970, 55. [p.21, Figs.33-36].
Female (from off Brazil): 33, habitus (lateral); 34, idem (dorsal); 35, P3; 36, A1.
Plate 3 Issued from : E.H. Wheeler, Jr in Smiths. Contr. Zool., 1970, 55. [p.22, Figs.37-42].
Female: 37, P4 (last 2 segments of exopod omitted); 38, A2; 39, Md (gnathal lobe); 40, Md (mandibular palp); 41, Mx1; 42, Mx2.
Plate 4 Issued from : E.H. Wheeler, Jr in Smiths. Contr. Zool., 1970, 55. [p.23, Figs.43-48].
Female: 43, Mxp; 44, P1; 45, P2; 46, P2 (complete terminal spine); 47, posterior portion of prosome and urosome (ventral); 48, anterior portion of head (ventral).
Nota: Head and 1st pediger segment fused, 4th and 5th fused.Posterolateral margin of cephalothorax triangularly produced and pointed, overlapping genital segment by about 1/3. Rostrum acutely double-pointed and ventrally directed. Frontal organ with 2 hairs visible in dorsal view. A1 22-segmented, reaching to middle of urosome. Genital segment produced into 2 distinct protuberances extending ventrally and laterally. Length of caudal rami twice the width.
Plate 5 Paivella naporai female:
1 - Genital segment with lateral projections (dorsal view).

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paivella naporai by geographical zones


Localisations

Brazil (off Rio de Janeiro).

Type locality: 15°00'S, 30°00'W.

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

(203) F: 1,27; (671) F: 1,27-1,31; {F: 1,27-1,31}

Remarks

epipelagic-bathy-abyssopelagic
Last update : 27/01/2016

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