Lutamator paradiseus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Lutamator paradiseus Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Shimomura, 2005 (F,M)

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List of the studied authors )

Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Shimomura, 2005 (p.232, figs.F,M, Rem.: p.238); Markhaseva & Schulz, 2008 (p.34, Rem., Table 1)

Species Lutamator paradiseus - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & M. Shimomura in Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Nansei Is. Natn Sc. Mius Monogr., 29. [p.228, Fig.1].
Female: A-B, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); C, forehead (lateral); ; D, rostrum (ventral); E, posterior prosome and urosome (right lateral); F, genital operculum and seminal receptacles; G, caudal ramus (lateral); H, A1 (segments I (1st) to XII (18th); I, A1 (segments XXIII (19th) to XXVII-XXVIII (24th); J, terminal part of Antennulary (A1) compound segment XXVII-XXVIII; K, Md (cutting edge of gnathobase); L, Md (mandibular palp).
Scale bars in mm.

Species Lutamator paradiseus - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & M. Shimomura in Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Nansei Is. Natn Sc. Mius Monogr., 29. [p.235, Fig.5].
Female: A, A2; B, exopod of A2; C, Mx1 (vestigial element arrowed); D, Mx2; E, Mxp; F, 1st and 2nd endopodal segments of Mxp.
Scale bars in mm.

Species Lutamator paradiseus - Plate 3 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & M. Shimomura in Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Nansei Is. Natn Sc. Mius Monogr., 29. [p.236, Fig.6].
Female: A, P1 (anterior); B, outer expansion of endopod of P1; C, P2 (anterior); D, P3 (anterior; E, outer distal corners of 1st and 2nd endopodal segments of P3; F, P4 (anterior; distal exopodal segments missing).
Scale bars in mm.
A-C, F: holotype; D, E: paratype.

Species Lutamator paradiseus - Plate 4 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & M. Shimomura in Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Nansei Is. Natn Sc. Mius Monogr., 29. [p.237, Fig.7].
Male: A, habitus (lateral); B, forehead (lateral); C, left A1 segmentsI (1st) to XIX (16th); D, idem , segments XX (17th) to XXVII-XXVIII (24th); E, aesthetasc on A1 segment X (proximal part of eighth compound segment); F, right A1 compound segment XXII-XXIII; G, A2; H, Md.
Scale bars in mm.

Species Lutamator paradiseus - Plate 5 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & M. Shimomura in Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Nansei Is. Natn Sc. Mius Monogr., 29. [p.228, Fig.1].
Male: A, Mx1; B, Mx2; C, Mxp; D, distal endite of Mxp syncoxa with 4 elements (rudimentary element arrowed); E, P1 (anterior); F, outer expansion of endopod of P1; G, P2 (distal exopodal segment (s) missing, anterior surface, apostome phoront (?) arrowed); H, P4 (anterior; distal segments of rami missing); I, P5 (anterior).
Scale bars in mm.

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Distribution map of Lutamator paradiseus by geographical zones

Distribution map of Lutamator paradiseus for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

NW Pacif. (Kuroshima Is.: Okinawa)

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(971) F: 3,41; 3,53; M: 3,37; 3,39; {F: 3,41-3,53; M: 3,37-3,39}

Rem.:

hyperbenthic (596-606 depth).
For Markhaseva & Schulz (2008, p.34) a significant number of morphological differences separate this species from both L. elegans and L. hurleyi and prevent L. paradiseus from being placed in the genus Lutamator.

Last update : 16/01/2015


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