Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis - Species Card

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Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis Marsh, 1913 (M)

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Syn.:

no Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis : Carvalho, 1952 a (p.146, figs.F);
? P. wrighti Johnson, 1964 (p.38, figs.M variant)

Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Marsh, 1913 (p.6, Descr.M, figs.M); 1933 (p.33, figs.M); Wright, 1937 a (p.162); Sewell, 1948 (p.465); Dussart & Defaye,1983 (p.31); Grindley,1984 (p.226, fig.M); Walter,1986 (p.131); 1986 a (p.502, fig.1: zoogeogr.); 1987 (p.366); 1989 (p.603, Redescr.M, figs.M; .)

Species Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : T.C. Walter in Bull. Mar. Sc., 1989, 45 (3). [p.604, Fig.7].
Male: A, habitus (dorsal); B, last thoracic segments and urosome (lateral right side); C, P5 (posterior view); D, idem (anterior view).
sp = spermatophore.

Species Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Issued from : C.D. Marsh in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1933, 82 (18) (2959). [Pl. 17, figs.1-3].
Male (from old French canal, Isthmus of Panama): 1, last thoracic segment and 1st urosomal segments (dorsal); 2, urosome (dorsal); 3, exopod of A2.

Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment fused.The exopods of A2 show clearly only two segments in the central portion.

Species Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Issued from : C.D. Marsh in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1933, 82 (18) (2959). [Pl. 16, fig.7].
Male: P5.

Nota: The hook of the right exopod is stout and about equal in length to the 2nd segment. The left leg has a spatulate endopod, which is about twice as long as the 1st segment of the exopod; the 2nd segment of the exopod is truncate at its distal end, which is armed with minute setae, has a spine about midway of the outer margin.

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Morales-Ramirez & Suarez-Morales, 2008 (p.521)

NZ:

1 + 2 doubtful

Distribution map of Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis by geographical zones

Species Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis - Distribution map 2

issued from : T.C. Walter in Bull. Mar. Sc., 1989, 45 (3). [p.625, Fig.18].
Map of American continents showing the zoogeography of Pseudodiaptomus species.

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

E Panama Canal, Brazil, W Costa Rica, ? Ecuador

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(950) M: 1,25-1,30; {M: 1,25-1,30}*
* 0.1 mm in Marsh (1933), probably a mistake for 1 mm [C.R.].

Rem.:

marine and brackish.
Incomplete data.

In Americanus species group (acutus subgroup) after Walter & al. 2006, p.203.

Last update : 08/02/2014


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