Paracalanus aculeatus minor - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Paracalanus aculeatus minor Sewell, 1929 (F)

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List of the studied authors )

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

Species Paracalanus aculeatus minor - Plate 1 of morphological figures

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).

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

McKinnon & Duggan, 2001 (p.121)

NZ:

Distribution map of Paracalanus aculeatus minor by geographical zones

Distribution map of Paracalanus aculeatus minor for the Zone Indian Ocean

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

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

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

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

Rem.:

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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