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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pseudeuchaeta flexuosa  Bradford, 1969   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Aetideidae

References

Bradford, 1969 b (p.488, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford & Jillett, 1980 (p.64, figs.F, distribution chart); Markhaseva, 1986 b (p.1897); 1996 (p.248, figs.F); Markhaseva & Schulz, 2006 a (p.152)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : J.M. Bradford in N.Z. Jl Mar. Freshw. Res., 1969, 3 (4). [p.489, Figs 98-111].
Female (from N New Zealand: E North Cape): 98, habitus (lateral right side); 99, Mx2; 100, A1; 101, urosome (lateral left side); 402, habitus (dorsal); 103, P2; 104, P3; 105, P1; 106, Mxp; 107, forehead (ventral view); 108, md (mandibular palp); 109, A2; 110, Mx1; 111, P4.

Nota: Cephalothorax posterior points of thorax turned slightly upwards. Mx1: inner lobe 2 bears 4 setae, inner lobe 3 bears 3 setae.
Plate 2 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva & K. Schulz in Invert. Zool., 2006, 3 (2). [p.152, Table 2].
Selected character for Pseudeuchaeta flexuosa female.
Plate 3 Pseudeuchaeta flexuosa female:
1 - Posterior corners of last thoracic segment prolonged into small points.
2 - Mx1 2nd internal lobe with 4 and 3rd internal lobe with 3 setae. Endopodal segment 2 of Md with 7 setae. Points of last thoracic segment covering no less than 1/3 of genital segment length (dorsal view).

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudeuchaeta flexuosa by geographical zones


Localisations

NE New Zealand.

Type locality: 34°38'S, 174°36'E.

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

? Hyperbenthic (1700 m)
Last update : 29/01/2015

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