Plate 1 issued from : A.D. McKinnon, W.J. Kimmerer & J.A.H. Benzie in J. Crustacean Biol., 1992, 12 (2). [p.250, Fig.6, e-f]. Female (from Westernport Bay, Melbourne): f, P5.
Male: e, P5.
Plate 2 issued from : A.D. McKinnon, W.J. Kimmerer & J.A.H. Benzie in J. Crustacean Biol., 1992, 12 (2). [p.252, Fig.8, a-b]. Female (from Westernport Bay, Melbourne): a, urosome (dorsal); b, idem with spermatophore (lateral). Scale bars: 0.100 mm.
Nota: Last thoracic segment (Th6) with 0-7 dorsal spines (average 4), posteroventral margin of segment without hairs. Length : width ratio of genital complex in dorsal view 1.16. Lateral faces of genital segment with rows of denticles. Posterodorsal margin of genital complex with denticles in 95% of specimens. Length : width ratio of caudal rami in dorsal view 2.73.
Plate 3 issued from : A.D. McKinnon, W.J. Kimmerer & J.A.H. Benzie in J. Crustacean Biol., 1992, 12 (2). [p.252, Fig.6, c-d]. Male: c, urosome (dorsal); d, variant urosome (dorsal). Scale bars: 0.100 mm.
Nota: Last thoracic segment (Th6) with 1-7 dorsal spines (average 3). Length : width ratio of caudal ramus 1.99. Most specimens (77%) with row of denticles on posterodorsal margin of 2nd and 3rd urosome segments. In some instances, denticulation of margins of urosome segments well developed, and penultimate segment cleft.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Acartia (Acartiura) sp. (L) by geographical zones