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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Acartia (Acartiura) sp. (L)  McKinnon, Kimmerer & Benzie, 1992   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Acartiidae
Sub-Genus Acartiura

References

McKinnon, Kimmerer & Benzie, 1992 (p.249, figs.F,M).

Figures

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


Localisations

Australia (Melbourne Harbour)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(176) F: 1,2-0,89; M: 1,08-0,87; {F: 0,89-1,20; M: 0,87-1,08}
Last update : 22/09/2014

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