Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis Marsh, 1913 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Diaptomoidea

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Family Pseudodiaptomidae

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Genus Pseudodiaptomus

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Synonymy

no Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis : Collado & al., 1984

References

List of the studied authors

Marsh, 1913 (p.4, figs.F,M); 1933 (p.33, figs.F,M, Rem.); Wright, 1936 (p.14, 16, fig.M); 1937 a (p.162, fig.M); Dussart & Defaye, 1983 (p.32); Grindley, 1984 (p.226); Walter, 1986 (p.131); 1986 a (p.503, fig.1); 1987 (p.366); 1989 (p.601, figs.F,M; Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : T.C. Walter in Bull. Mar. Sc., 1989, 45 (3). [p.602, Fig.6].
Female: A, habitus (dorsal); B, last thoracic segments and urosome (lateral right side); C, last thoracic segments and genital segment (lateral left side); D, P5 (anterior view).

Male: E, habitus (dorsal); F, last thoracic segments and urosome (lateral left side); G, P5 (posterior view); H, idem (anterior view).

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : S. Wright in Ann. Acad. Brasileira Sci., 1937, 9 (2). [Pl.1, Fig.8]. After Marsh, 1933.
Male: exopodite 1 of right P5 (posterior view).

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : S. Wright in Annaes. Acad. bras. Cienc., VIII (1), 1936. [Pl.III, Fig.6 (no 7 as in the legend)].
Male: 6, P5 (redrawn from Marsh, 1933)

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 Issued from : C.D. Marsh in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1933, 82 (18) (2959). [Pl. 17, figs.5-6].
Female (from Rio Culebra, Panama): 5, P5; 6, urosome.
Nota: Caudal rami asymmetrical, about 7 times as long as wide and ciliate on the inner margins.

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Plate 5 Issued from : C.D. Marsh in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1933, 82 (18) (2959). [Pl. 18, figs.1-3].
Female:1, cephalothorax (dorsal); 3, A2.
Nota: The segmentation of the exopod of A2 was indistinct in the material examined; in figure two central segments are shown. In others only one can be distinguished. The dorsal surface of the last two segments of the thorax is armed with hairs. A1 22-segmented, exceeding the cephalothorax. In all specimens examined the rifgt egg sac was atrophied, the left contained about 8 eggs.

Male: 2, urosome (dorsal).

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Plate 6 of morphological figures

Plate 6 Issued from : C.D. Marsh in Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1933, 82 (18) (2959). [Pl. 17, fig.4].
Male: P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.111); Alvarez-Silva & al., 2005 (p.39); Alvarez-Silva & Torres-Alvarado, 2013 (p.241, Table1: seasonal abundance)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis by geographical zones

Additional Maps & Charts

Species Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis - Distribution map 2

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.

Localisations

Geographical glossary

NE Pacif. (Central America: Panama), W Mexico, G. of California, Coyuca lagoon (Guerrero), Zihuatanejo Bay

Quotations

N: 4

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(950) F: 1,15-1,27; M: 0,83-0,93; (1148) F: 1,22; M: 0,88; {F: 1,15-1,27; M: 0,83-0,93}

Remarks

brackish.
Incomplete data.
In Americanus species group (pelagicus subgroup) after Walter & al. 2006, p.203.

Last update : 14/10/2014

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