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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pseudodiaptomus hypersalinus  Walter, 1987   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Pseudodiaptomidae
Genus Pseudodiaptomus

Synonymy

Pseudodiaptomus sp. nov. Bayly,1975;
Pseudodiaptomus sp. Kimmerer & al.,1985

References

Walter, 1987 (p.367, 383, figs.F,M)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : T.C. Walter in Aust. J. Mar. Fresfw. Res., 1987, 38. [p.384, Fig.10].
Female (from W Australia: Shark Bay): A, habitus (dorsal); B, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral right side); C, P6 (posterior view).

Male: D, habitus (dorsal); E, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral right side); F, P5 (posterior view); G, lateral view of right endopod of P5; H, P5 (anterior view).

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudodiaptomus hypersalinus by geographical zones


Localisations

W Australia (Shark Bay)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

(863) F: 1,3-1,37; M: 1,05-1,08; {F: 1,3-1,37; M: 1,05-1,08}

Remarks

Surface plankton (collected in Salinity = 49.7 g/l.)
For Chad Walter (1987, p.385) this species is most closely related to P. australiensis. The specific name hypersalinus does not imply that the species is restricted to high salinity waters.
In Ramosus species group (hickmani subgroup) after Walter & al. 2006, p.203.
See remarks in P. sulawesiensis (Nishida & Rumengan, 2005, p.31).
Last update : 30/01/2015

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