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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paramisophria giselae  Campaner, 1977   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Arietelloidea
Family Arietellidae

Synonymy

Parapseudocyclops giselae Campaner, 1977 (p.812, figs.F); 1984 (p.106, fig.F); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.654)

References

Ohtsuka & al., 1991 (p.801, Rem.); Ohtsuka & al., 1994 (p.135,158, 161, Rem.F, figs.F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.882, 937, figs.F)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : S. Ohtsuka, G.A. Boxshall & H.S.J. Roe in Bull. nat. Hist. Lond. (Zool.), 1994, 60 (2). [p.137, Fig.20, A-E].
Female (from Brazil, in coll. Univ. Sao Paulo)): A, genital double-somite (ventral); B, exopod of A2; C, 1st and 2nd praecoxal endites of Mx2; D, basal spine of Mx2; E, P5 (anterior). cd = copulatory duct; cp = copulatory pore; g = gonopore; rd = receptacle duct; o, oviduct; s, spermatothore remnant; sr = seminal receptacle.

Nota: Posterior lateral corners of 2nd and 3rd pedigerous somites asymmetrically produced (corners more sharply pointed on right side than on left.
Genital double-somite longer than wide, copulatory pore relatively thick, located on right side, seminal receptacle located near gonopore.
A2 with indistinctly 9-segmented, terminal segment with 2 long plumose setae and vestigial seta.
Md: mandibular gnathobase with small tuft of setules medially, 3 teeth on cutting edge, dorsalmost of which bifurcate at tip (originally drawn as monocuspid by Campaner, 1977); palp endopod rudimentary, 1-segmented, with 2 setae of unequal lengths; seta on 1st exopod segment not reduced, outer seta on 5th segment relatively long.
Mx1 with relatively long seta on coxal endite; praecoxal arthrite with 5 naked spines and 1 process; coxal epipodite with 8 setae; small basal seta present; endopod bulbous, 1-segmented with 3 setae of unequal lengths.
Mx2 with 1st praecoxal endite with 2 spinulose setae and rudimentary element, 2nd with 2 spinulose setae; basal spine naked.
Mxp with the 1st to 6th endopodal segments bearing 1, 4, 4, 3, 3 and 4 setae, respectivelyP5 with coxae and intercoxal sclerite separate; endopod fused to basis; exopod almost fused to basis (fine suture visible); 1st and 2nd exopod segments fused with suture visible on posterior surface, 2nd and 3 rd exopod segments fused.
Scales in mm.
Plate 2 issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1977, 29 (7). [p.813, Figs.1-8]. As Parapseudocyclops giselae.
Female (from continental shelf, Brazil): 1, habitus (lateral right side; 2, idem (dorsal); 3, rostrum (dorsal view): 4, idem (right lateral view); 5, left postero-lateral borders of last thoracic segments (lateral left side, holotype) ; 6, idem (left side, paratype); 7, idem (right side, paratype); 8, labrum (right ventral view).
Scale bars: 0.500 mm (1, 2, 5, 6, 7); 0.100 mm (8 and detail in fig.1); 0.050 mm (3-4).
Plate 3 issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1977, 29 (7). [p.814, Figs.9-12]. As Parapseudocyclops giselae.
Female: 9, left A1; 10, A2; 11, Md (mandibular palp); 12, Md (gnathobase).
Scale bars: 0.100 mm.
Plate 4 issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1977, 29 (7). [p.815, Figs.13-16]. As Parapseudocyclops giselae.
Female: 13, Mx1; 14, Mx2; 15, Mxp; 16, P1.
Scale bars: 0.100 mm.
Plate 5 issued from : A.F. Campaner in Ciência e Cultura, 1977, 29 (7). [p.816, Figs.17-20]. As Parapseudocyclops giselae.
Female: 17, P2; 18, P3; 19, P4; 20, P5.
Scale bars: 0.1 mm; 0.050 mm (detais in figs 17-19).
Plate 6 Issued from : G. Lian & H. Qian in Acta Oceanol. Sinica, 1994, 13 (4). [p.554, Table 1].
Morphological characteristics of female from P. sinica, P. japonica and P. giselae.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paramisophria giselae by geographical zones


Localisations

Brazil (Cabo Frio, continental shelf)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(296) F: 2,6; 2,55; {F: 2,55-2,60}

Remarks

hyperbenthic.
See remarks of reexamination of the holotype and paratype by Ohtsuka & al. (1994, p.136) and comments.
Last update : 27/01/2015

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