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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Centropages uedai  El-Sherbiny, 2011   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Centropagidae

References

El-Sherbiny, 2011 (p.480, figs.F,M)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : M.M. El-Sherbiny in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 2011, 91 (2). [p.481, Fig.2].
Female (Sharm El-Maya Bay, Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal); B, same (lateral), 2 mid-dorsal spines arrowed; C, urosome (dorsal; E, same (ventral); F-G, A1.
Scale bars in mm.
Plate 2 issued from : M.M. El-Sherbiny in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 2011, 91 (2). [p.481, Fig.3].
Female: A, A2; B, Md; C, Mx1; D, Mx2; E, Mxp.
Scale bars in mm.
Plate 3 issued from : M.M. El-Sherbiny in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 2011, 91 (2). [p.482, Fig.4].
Female: A-E, P1 to P5, respectively.
Scale bar in mm.
Plate 4 issued from : M.M. El-Sherbiny in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 2011, 91 (2). [p.481].
Female: Armature of the swimming legs P1 to P5. (spines = Roman numerals; setae = Arabic numerals).
Plate 5 issued from : M.M. El-Sherbiny in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 2011, 91 (2). [p.482, Fig.5].
Male: A, habitus (dorsal); B,idem (lateral), 2 mid-dorsal spines arrowed; C, urosome (dorsal); D, right A1 (specialized seta on segments 17 and 19 arrowed); E, P4; F, P5 (posterior view); G, right P5 (posterior); H, 1st and 2nd exopodal segment of right P5 (posterior).
Scale bars in mm.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Centropages uedai by geographical zones


Localisations

N Red Sea (Sharm Zl-Maya Bay)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(1067) F: 1,19-1,88; M: 1,83; {F: 1,19-1,88; M: 1,83}

Remarks

neritic, epipelagic.
After El-Sherbiny: Salinities range from 40.5 to 41.5 and temperatures fluctuate between 22.7 and 30.9°.
Last update : 31/12/2014

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