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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paramisophria fosshageni  Othman & Greenwood, 1992   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Arietelloidea
Family Arietellidae

References

Othman & Greenwood, 1992 (p.49, figs.F,M); Othman & Greenwood, 1993 (p.85, 86, figs.M)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1992, 102. [p.50, Fig.1].
Male (from G. of Carpentaria): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral left side); C, left A1 (segments 14-17); D, A2; E, Md; F, Mx1.

Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th fused. Proportional lengths urosomites and caudal rami: 22:13:23:16: 3:23 = 100. right A1 (21-segmented) shorter than left (17-segmented
Plate 2 issued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1993, 103. [p.87, Fig.1].
Male (These figures supersede the corresponding figures in the original description above and below): A, Md; B, Mx2; C, P1; D, Mxp.
Nota: Mandibular blade with one-plus-three arrangement of cusps. Mx2 with 7 long setae on the terminal segment. Mxp with 7 segments.
Plate 3 issued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1992, 102. [p.51, Fig.2].
Male: A, Mx2; B, Mxp; C, P1; D, P2; E, P3.
Plate 4 issued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1992, 102. [p.52, Fig.3].
Male: A, P4; B, P5.
Plate 5 issued from : B.H.R. Othman & J.G. Greenwood in Proc. R. Soc. Qd, 1992, 102. [p.53, Fig.4].
Female: A, habitus (lateral right side); B, idem (dorsal); C, P5.
Nota: Urosome 4-segmented, proportional lengths urosomites and caudal rami: 30:24:18:7:21 = 100.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paramisophria fosshageni by geographical zones


Localisations

N Australia (G. of Carpentaria)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(294) F: 1,5-1,15; M: 1,3-1,22; {F: 1,15-1,50; M: 1,22-1,30}
Last update : 27/01/2015

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