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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paracalanus aculeatus minor  Sewell, 1929   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Calanoidea
Family Paracalanidae

References

Sewell, 1929 (p.64, figs.F, anomalie); Vervoort, 1946 (p.128); Tanaka, 1960 (p.22, Rem.); Silas, 1792 (p.645)

Figures

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).

Complementary References

McKinnon & Duggan, 2001 (p.121)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Paracalanus aculeatus minor by geographical zones


Localisations

East Africa, Indian, Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Is. (Nankauri Harbour), Australia (North West Cape), Indonesia-Malaysia

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

(28) F: 0,86-0,72; (29) F: 0,69; (66) F: 0,78; {F: 0,69-0,86}

Remarks

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.
Last update : 27/01/2015

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