Euaugaptilus indicus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Euaugaptilus indicus Sewell, 1932 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Arietelloidea

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Family Augaptilidae

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Genus Euaugaptilus

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References

List of the studied authors

Sewell, 1932 (p.319, figs.F); Sewell, 1947 (p.201, figs. juv.5); Silas, 1972 (p.649, Rem.); Matthews, 1972 (p.33); Tanaka & Omori, 1974 (p.224, figs.F, Rem.F); Ali-Khan & Ali-khan, 1984 (p.305)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : O. Tanaka & M. Omori in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1974, XXI (3/4). [p.225, Fig.14].
Female: a, forehead (lateral); b, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral left side); c, rostrum (frontal view); d, Md (mandibular palp); e, Mx1; f, Mx2; g, Mxp; h, P1; i, P5.
Nota: The urosome segments and furca are in the proportional lengths as 40:10:17:33 = 100. Prosome and urosome are in the proportional lengths as 77:23.
The Izu region's specimen differs from the description of Sewell (1932, 1947) in number of setae on the exopod of Mx1

Species Euaugaptilus indicus - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : O. Tanaka & M. Omori in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1974, XXI (3/4). [p.198, Fig.1,f].
Female: f, mandibular teeth

Species Euaugaptilus indicus - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 Issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1932, X (continued). [p.320, Fig.105].
Female (from Laccadive Sea): a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, urosome (lateral right side); d, A2; e, Md; f, Mx1; g, Mxp; h, P1; j, P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Sewell, 1948 (p.330, 530, 540); Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.18); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab., Rem.: p.165); Matsuura & al., 2010 (p.2098, Table 2, 3); Pillai H.U.K. & al., 2011 (p.239, Table 3, vertical distribution)

Distribution

NZ: 4

Distribution map of Euaugaptilus indicus by geographical zones

Distribution map of Euaugaptilus indicus for the Zone Indian Ocean

Localisations

Geographical glossary

W Indian, Maldive Is., Arabian Sea, Laccadive Is., Pakistan, Andaman Sea (Batten Island), Indonesia (Celebes Sea), Japan (Izu), Pacif. (W equatorial).

Quotations

N: 7

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(44) F: 6,68; (68) F: 7,7; {F: 6,68-7,70}

Remarks

Meso-bathypelagic. 300-500 m in Pillai & al., 2011. Known to occur at depths less than 850 m and greater than 1000 m (Matthews, 1972).First occurrence in Indonesian waters by Matsuura & al. (2010).

In ''squamatus" Group after Matthews (1972, p.64) {See remarks in Euaugaptilus genus}.

Last update : 18/08/2018

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