Plate 1 issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1929, X. [p.65, Fig.21]. As Paracalanus aculeatus forma minor. Female (from N Indian Ocean): a, genital segment (ventral); b, P1; c, P2; d, P3; e, P4; f, P5; g, P5 in abnormal specimen).
The presence of this variety noted by McKinnon & Duggan (2001) seems to demonstrate that it does not involve a simple, accidental anomaly; unfortunately the male is unknown.