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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Miheptneria abyssalis  Andronov, 2007   (M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Epacteriscoidea
Family Epacteriscidae

References

Andronov, 2007 a (p.672, Descr.M, figs.M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 2014 (p.507, Rem., p.522: cladistic analysis)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 2007, 86 (6). [p.673, Fig.1];
Male (from 21°39'N, 22°36'W): 1-2, habitus dorsal and lateral, respectively); 3, rostrum (frontal view); 4, left A1; 5, right A1; 6, A2; 7, Md (mandibular palp); 8, Md (gnathobase); 9, Mx1; 10, Mx2; 11, Mxp.
Scale bars : 0.1 mm
Plate 2 issued from : V.N. Andronov in Zool. Zh., 2007, 86 (6). [p.674, Fig.2];
Male: 1 to 5, P1 to P5.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Miheptneria abyssalis by geographical zones


Localisations

NE Atlant. (Cape verde Is.)
Type locality: 21°39'N, 22°36'W.

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

probably abyssal, hyperbenthic (depth: 4622 m).
After Bradford-Grieve & al., 2014 (p.508, Table 1) the genus and species belong to the Pseudocyclopidae.
Last update : 17/01/2015

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