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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Acartia (Acartiura) lefevreae  Bradford, 1976   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Acartiidae
Sub-Genus Acartiura

References

Bradford, 1976 (p.168, figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.421, figs.F,M, Rem.).

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : J.M. Bradford in N.Z. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 1976, 10 (1) [p. 168-169, figs.5, 6.
Femele (from W France: Brest Harbour; Italy: Genoa Harbour): 1a, habitus (dorsal view); 1b, idem (lateral view); 1c-e, P5. 2a-c, genital segment (dorsal view); 2d-f, idem (lateral view).
Plate 2 issued from : J.M. Bradford in N.Z. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 1976, 10 (1) [p.170, fig.7].
Male (from W France: Brest Harbour; Italy: Genoa Harbour): a, habitus (dorsal view); b, idem (lateral view); c, posterior surface of P5.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Acartia (Acartiura) lefevreae by geographical zones


Localisations

Brest Harbour, Morlaix River

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(174) F: 0,83-0,91; M: 0,74; {F: 0,83-0,91; M: 0,74}

Remarks

brackish.
According to Vives & Shmeleva (2007) this species is valid, the difference with A. margalefi leans upon the form of the genital segment of the female and the first segment of the male P5. This position was not followed by Bradford-Grieve (1999, p.4) who did not have knowledge of the publication of Alcaraz from the same year. A serious doubt subsists on the validity.
Last update : 22/09/2014

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