Plate 1 issued from : F.Y. Al-Yamani & I. Prusova in Common Copepods Northwestern Arabian Gulf : Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 2003. [p.30, Fig.7]. Female: A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral left side); C, urosome (dorsal); D, idem (lateral left side); E, genital segment (ventral); F, rostrum; G, P5; H, Mxp.
Plate 2 issued from : F.Y. Al-Yamani & I. Prusova in Common Copepods Northwestern Arabian Gulf : Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 2003. [p.31, Fig.8]. Female: I, P1; J, P2; K, P3; L, P4.
Plate 3 issued from : F.Y. Al-Yamani & I. Prusova in Common Copepods Northwestern Arabian Gulf : Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 2003. [p.32, Fig.9]. Male: M, habitus (lateral right side); N, P1; O, P2 (with abnormal endopod); P, P3; Q, P4; R, P5. Nota: Right leg of P5 3-segmented, left leg 5-segmented.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Paracalanus sp. by geographical zones
For Al-Yamani & Prusova (2003, p.33) the female resembles P. aculeatus Giesbrecht (1888) in size and body proportions, it differs from the latter in having more rounded cephalosome in lateral view, absence of finger-like processes on exopod 2 of P4 and shorter distal spines of P5. Paracalanus sp. differs from another large species as P. campaneri Bjornberg (1982), by absence of tufts of long hairs on prosome posterolateral corners.
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