Augaptilus megalurus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Augaptilus megalurus Giesbrecht, 1889 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Arietelloidea

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Family Augaptilidae

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Genus Augaptilus

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Synonymy

No Augaptilus anceps : Tanaka, 1964 b (p.75, figs.F,M); ? Itoh, 1970 (tab.1)

References

List of the studied authors

Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.400, 414, 770, figs.F,M); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.123, Rem. F,M); Farran, 1908 b (p.80, Rem.); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.339); Sars, 1925 (p.257, figs.F); Sewell, 1932 (p.315, 326); Rose, 1933 a (p.218, figs.F,M); Jespersen, 1940 (p.58); Vervoort, 1965 (p.132, Rem.); Fleminger, 1967 a (p.XII, 21); Tanaka & Omori, 1971 (p.261); Matthews, 1972 (p.47); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.654, figs.F,M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.882, 939, figs.F,M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.69: fig.F); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.176, figs.F,M, Rem.)

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Plate 1 Issued from : G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.LXXVII, figs.1-9].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, forehead (lateral); 4, A2; 5, Md; 6, Mx1; 7, P2; 8, P5.

Male: 3, forehead (lateral); 9, P5.

Species Augaptilus megalurus - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.39, Fig.47].
Female: 47, urosome (ventral).

Species Augaptilus megalurus - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.28, Fig.7].
Female: A1 (distal part).

Species Augaptilus megalurus - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.27, Fig.28].
Female: exopod of P5.

Species Augaptilus megalurus - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Plate 5 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.29, Fig.20].
Male: 20, P5 (posterior view). Ps = left leg; Pd = right leg.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Hardy & Gunther, 1935 (1936à (p.183, Rem.: 1 juv.); Sewell, 1948 (p.504, 514, 526, 547, 558); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.171); Fleminger, 1967 a (tabl.1); Mazza, 1967 (p.321, fig.64); Park, 1970 (p.477); Deevey, 1971 (p.224); Roe, 1972 (p.277, tabl.1, tabl.2); Deevey & Brooks, 1977 (p.156, tab.2, Station "S"); Carter, 1977 (1978) (p.36); Roe, 1984 (p.358); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 a (tab.1); Heinrich, 1990 (p.18); Suarez & Gasca, 1991 (tab.2); Suarez, 1992 (App.1); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p108); Lapernat, 2000 (tabl.3, 4); Holmes, 2001 (p.10); Medellin-Mora & Navas S., 2010 (p.265, Tab. 2); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, pers. comm.); El Arraj & al., 2017 (p.272, table 2);

Distribution

NZ: 15

Distribution map of Augaptilus megalurus by geographical zones

Distribution map of Augaptilus megalurus for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Distribution map of Augaptilus megalurus for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Augaptilus megalurus for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Localisations

Geographical glossary

? South Georgia (in Hardy & Gunther, 1935), South Africa (Natal), G. of Guinea (off Ghana), off E St. Paul Is., off NW Cape Verde Is., Canary Is., Maroccan coast, off W Cap Finisterre, Azores, S Brazil, Caribbean Colombia, Caribbean Sea, G. of Mexico, Sargasseo Sea, off Bermuda (Station "S"), off New Jersey, S Iceland, off W Ireland, W Medit., Arabian Sea, Laccadive Is., Philippines, China Seas (South China Sea), Japan, Pacif. (tropical), California, Baja California, NE Marquesas Is., SW Galapagos, Pacif. (SE tropical)

Quotations

N: 27

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(1) F: 4,5; (16) F: 4,6-4,3; (24) F: 6,1-5,7; M: 5; (46) F: 4,5; M: 4 ; (69) F: 5; M: 4,23; (199) F: 5,28-4,26; M: 4,8-4,26; {F: 4,26-6,10; M: 4,00-5,00}

The mean female size is 4.916 mm (n = 9; SD = 0.6531) and the mean male size is 4.458 mm (n = 5; SD = 0.4218). The size ratio (male : female) is about 0.91.

Remarks

meso-bathypelagic. Known to occur from about 150 to below 1200 m (Matthews, 1972). Sargasso Sea: 500-2000 m (Deevey & Brooks, 1977, Station "S");
W. Zhang confirms the presence of this species in the Chinese Seas (pers. comm., 2006).

Last update : 25/10/2022

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