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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Euaugaptilus farrani  Sars, 1920   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Arietelloidea
Family Augaptilidae

References

Sars, 1920 c (p.15, Descr.F); 1925 (p.288, figs.F); Tanaka, 1964 b (p.48, figs.F); Matthews, 1972 (p.30); Tanaka & Omori, 1974 (p.195, 198: fig.F).

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1964, XII (1). [p.49, Fig.196].
Female: a, rostrum (dorsal view); b, A2; c, mandibular palp of Md; d, masticatory edge of Md; e, Mx2; g, P5.
Nota: The 1st to 4th swimming legs agree well with Sars' figures.
Plate 2 issued from : O. Tanaka & M. Omori in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1974, XXI (3/4). [p198., Fig.1,m].
Female (from the Izu region): m, mandibular teeth.
Plate 3 Issued from : G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.XCVI, figs.1-15].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, idem (lateral left side); 3, forehead (lateral); 4, rostrum; 5, A2; 6, Md; 7, Mx1; 8, endopodal part of Mx1 (enlarged); 9, Mx2; 10, Mxp; 11, P1; 12, P2; 13, P3; 14, P5; 15, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal).

Complementary References

Sewell, 1948 (p.504); Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.18); Itoh, 1970 (tab.1)

Distribution

NZ: 3

Distribution map of Euaugaptilus farrani by geographical zones


Localisations

Atlant. (NE Madeira), W Indian, Japan (Suruga Bay)

Quotations

N: 4

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

bathypelagic. Known to occur at a depth between 1000 and 1800 m (Matthews, 1972).
For Itoh (1970 a, fig.2, from co-ordonates) the Itoh's index value from mandibular gnathobase = 1320.

In ''squamatus" Group after Matthews (1972, p.64) {See remarks in Euaugaptilus genus}.
Last update : 03/01/2015

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