Metacalanus sp.1 - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Metacalanus sp.1 Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Roe, 1994 (F,M)

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Ohtsuka & al., 1994 (p.138, figs.F,M)

Species Metacalanus sp.1 - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & H.S.J. Roe in Bull. nat. Hist. Lond. (Zool.), 1994, 60 (2). [p.139, Fig.21, , B-I].
Female (E China Sea): B, genital double-somite (ventral); E, exopod of A2; F, Md (mandibular palp); G, praecoxal arthrite, coxal endite and endopod of Mx1 (endopod indicated by arrowhead); H, 1st and 2nd praecoxal endites of Mx2; I, basal spine of Mx2.
cd = copulatory duct; cp = copulatory pore; g = gonopore; rd = receptacle duct; o, oviduct; s, spermatophore remnant; sr = seminal receptacle.
Scales in mm.

Nota: Cephalosome partly fused with 1st pedigerous somite.
A1 asymmetrical, left longer than right.
Exopod of A2 indistinctly 7-segmented (setal formula: 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3 (2 setae and vestigial element).
Md: Mandibular palp with endopod 1-segmented (almost fused with basis), with 2 setae of unequal lengths; 1st exopod segment with long seta, 5th segment with 2 normal setae of unequal lengths.
Mx1 with praecoxal arthrite with 2 slender setae; coxal endite with 1 short seta; coxal epipodite with 5 setae; basal seta absent; endopod (indicated by arrowhead) 1-segmented, bulbous, with short seta terminally.
Mx2 with 1st and 2nd praecoxal endites with 1 seta plus 1 vestigial element and 2 setae respectively; basal spine with 2 rows of short spinules proximally.
Mxp with 4th and 5th endopod segments with relatively well developed innermost seta, middle-length seta and well-chitinized, long seta; 6th segment with setae (a and b) not reduced.
Genital double-somite asymmetrical, left gonopore and copulatory pore absent, right gonopore located near posteroventral margin of genital double-somite, anterior half opening, covered by oval flap (possibly derived from leg 6); copulatory pore small, oval in shape (approximately 0.004 mm in long axis and 0.001 mm in short axis), near inner distal corner of gonopore (copulatory pore blocked by spermatophore remnant); single seminal receptacle large, about half width of somite, located ventromedially; copulatory duct short, curved.
Anal operculum triangular (as in M. acutioperculum).

Male: C, left A1 (segments I to XVII; D, idem (segments XVIII to XXVIII).

Species Metacalanus sp.1 - Plate 2 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & H.S.J. Roe in Bull. nat. Hist. Lond. (Zool.), 1994, 60 (2). [p.144, Fig.26, A-F, G].
Female: A, 4th endopod segment of Mxp (innermost seta indicated by arrowhead); B, 5th endopod segment of Mxp (innermost seta indicated by arrowhead); C, 6th endopod segment of Mxp; D, exopod of P1 (anterior); E, right P5 (posterior); F, left P5 (anterior).
P1 3rd exopodal segment with 1 outer lateral spine.
P5 coxae separate from intercoxal sclerite and from basis, on both sides; right basis with outer thicker plumose seta than left; endopod represented by large plumose seta; exopod distinctly 1-segmented, with medial and subterminal bipinnate spine along outer lateral margin and spiniform seta terminally.

Male: G, P5 (anterior).

Nota: Left A1 segments X and XI, XI and XII, and XIV and XV only partly fused near posterior margin; sutures between segments IX and X, and XXI and XXII visible on both surfaces; suture between segments XII to XIV visible only on dorsal surface.
P5 with coxae and intercoxal sclerite almost fused; basis separate from coxa; endopod absent; right basal seta thicker and longer than left; right exopod 3-segmented, 2nd segment elongate, with outer seta subterminally and 2 patches of setules and minute seta along inner terminal margin, 3rd segment small, bearing large unipinnate terminal spine fused with segment; left exopod 3-segmented, 2nd segment without inner seta and patches of setules, 3rd segment similar to that of right leg.
Scales in mm.

Species Metacalanus sp.1 - Plate 3 of morphological figures

issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & H.S.J. Roe in Bull. nat. Hist. Lond. (Zool.), 1994, 60 (2). [p.140, Fig.22, A-C].
Female (SEM micrographs of genital double-somite): A, copulatory pore indicated by arrow and gonopore (scale bar = 10 µm); B, copulatory pore indicated by arrow (scale bar = 30 µm) ; C, copulatory pore (scale bar = 5 µm)

Species Metacalanus sp.1 - Plate 4 of morphological figures

ssued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & H.S.J. Roe in Bull. nat. Hist. Lond. (Zool.), 1994, 60 (2). [p.143, Fig.25 A].
Female (SEM micrographs): A, detail of segments IV to VIII of A2 exopod.
Scale bar = 10 µm.

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Distribution map of Metacalanus sp.1 by geographical zones

Distribution map of Metacalanus sp.1 for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

E China sea (off Okinawa)

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(263) F: 0,84-0,81; M: 0,77; {F: 0,81-0,84; M: 0,77}

Rem.:

For Ohtsuka & al., 1994 (p.140) the asymmetry in the genital structures of the female seems to be unique to the new species (M. inaequicornis, M. curvicornis M. acutioperculum have paired genital structures, namely, a pair of gonopores and copulatory pore); as far as the genital structures are concerned, the new species exhibits a more derived state than these species. P5 is similar to that of M. inaequicornis and is the more primitive state in having an endopodal seta and 3 spines on the exopod.

Last update : 17/01/2015


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