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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pseudocyclops saenzi  Figueroa, 2011   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Pseudocyclopoidea
Family Pseudocyclopidae

References

Figueroa, 2011 (p.732, Descr.F,M, figs.F,M, genetic analysis)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.733, Fig.6].
Female (from 00°45.426'S, 90°18.932'W): A-B, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); C, urosome (ventral); D, A1.

Male: E-F, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); G, right A1.

Nota Female: Large eye present on forehead, orang-pigmented. Rostrum simple, strong. A1 symmetrical, 18-segmented, barely reaching 1st pediger. Urosome 4-segmented. Anal segment telescoped into preceding somite. Genital double-somite symmetrical with paired gonopores. Caudal rami symmetrical, bearing 6 setae each.

Nota Male: Body as in female. Urosome 5-segmented. Left A1 and caudal rami as in female. Right A1 18-segmented, geniculate between segments 14-15, segments 14 and 15 each with distal margin expanded into spinular process. Mouthparts and legs P1-P4 as in female.
Plate 2 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.734, Fig.7].
Female: A, A2; B, Md; C, Mx1; D, Mx2; E, Mxp.
Plate 3 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.735, Fig.8].
Female: A-D, P1 to P4, respectively. All posterior, with anterior surface spinulation shown to the right for legs P1-P3.
Plate 4 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.736, A, Fig.2].
Female: A, P5 (posterior view).
Plate 5 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.737, Table 2].
Female: Setae and spine formulae for legs P1-P5.
Plate 6 issued from : D.F. Figueroa in J. Crustacean Biol., 2011, 31 (4). [p.736, Fig.9, B-F].
Male: B, P5 (anterior view); C, coxa, basis and endopod of P5 (anterior view); D, right exopod of P5 (anterior); E, v-shaped coxal process (anterior view); F, exopod of left P5 (anterior view).

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Pseudocyclops saenzi by geographical zones


Localisations

E Pacif. (Galapagos: Santa Cruz Is: Grietas Delphin)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(1104) F: 0,59-0,63; M: 0,53-0,57; {F: 0,59-0,63; M: 0,53-0,57}

Remarks

Anchialine pool.
For Figueroa (2011, p.737) this species is similar to P. rubrocinctus from the Caribbean side of Panama, and P. steinitzi from the Red Sea.
Last update : 28/06/2013

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