Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Arietelloidea ( Superfamily )
        Arietellidae ( Family )
            Paramisophria ( Genus )
Paramisophria mediterranea  Jaume, Cartes & Boxshall, 2000   (F,M)
Ref.:
Jaume & al., 2000 (p.206, figs.F,M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.63: fig.M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.163, figs.F,M, Rem.)
Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.217, Fig.8].
Female (from Mallorca, balearic Islands): A, habitus (lateral); B, rostrum (anteroventral); C, anal somite and left caudal ramus (lateral); D, detail of proximal segments of right A1, showing spiniform processes (lateral); E, idem of left A1; F, genital double-somite (ventral); G, idem (lateral, right side).
s.r. = seminal receptacles; r.c.d. = right copulatory duct; l.c.d. = left copulatory duct.


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.218, Fig.9].
Female: A, right A1 (medial); B, left A1 (medial; 4 distal segments omitted).


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.216, Fig.7].
Female: A, P4 (posterior); B, right P5 (posterior).
Nota: The left P3 displays 3 denticles anterodistally on the inner margin of the basis instead of the ordinary 2 (teratology).

Male: C, P5 (posterior).


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.207, Fig.1].
Male: A-B, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); C, left A1 (medial; row of setules on 1st segment omitted); D, detail of segment X to XV showing spiniform processes (lateral); E, detail of distal segments (medial).


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.208, Fig.2].
Male: A, right A1 (medial); B, detail of proximal segments showing spiniform processes (lateral); C, anal somite and caudal rami (dorsal).


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.210, Fig.3].
Male: A, A2; B, Md (anterior).

Nota: Coxal gnathobase strongly flexed about midway, cutting edge armed with 4 sharp teeth and 2 patches of spinules; mandibular palp with compact basis bearing row of long spinules along outer margin and wide pore on inner surface; endopod reduced to bulbous segmental remnant bearing 2 unequal setae; exopod indistinctly 5-segmented, 2nd segment elongate, armature formula 1, 1, 1, 1, 2; seta on segment 1 located on flattened pedestal partially incorporated into 2nd segment; setae on 5th segment unequal, outer shorter.


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.211, Fig.4].
Male: A, Mx1; B, Mx2.


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.212, Fig.5].
Male: A, genital and 1st abdominal somites (ventral); B, Mxp; C, P1 (anterior); D, inner basal seta (posterior).


Species Paramisophria mediterranea - Plate 9 of morphological figuresissued from : D. Jaume, J.E. Cartes & G.A. Boxshall in Contr. Zool., 2000, 68 (4). [p.214, Fig.6].
Male: A, P2 (posterior); B, P3 (posterior).

Compl. Ref.:
Krsinic, 2012 (p.1537, Rem.)
NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paramisophria mediterranea by geographical zones
Loc:
W Medit. (Majorca: cave), Barcelona coast, Adriatic (Urinj Cave, Croatia)
N: 3
Lg.:
(845) F: 0,78; M: 0,75; {F: 0,78; M: 0,75}
Last update : 27/01/2015
    to add your remark
  

 Any use of this site for a publication will be mentioned with the following reference :

Razouls C., Desreumaux N., Kouwenberg J. and de Bovée F., 2005-2024. - Biodiversity of Marine Planktonic Copepods (morphology, geographical distribution and biological data). Sorbonne University, CNRS. Available at http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en [Accessed March 28, 2024]

© copyright 2005-2024 Sorbonne University, CNRS

Webmaster
CNRS   Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer - Laboratoire Arago
Sorbonne Université

 

Version française
English version

 

Search

On the WEB of CNRS

 


Marine Planktonic Copepods

Marine Planktonic Copepods

 

Imprimer Contact Accueil Plan du site Accès restreint Retour Une du Labo Imprimer Contact Plan du site Crédits Téléchargez les Plug-Ins