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

References

Sars, 1920 c (p.16, Descr.F); 1925 (p.294, figs.F,M); Rose, 1933 a (p.229, figs.F,M); Jespersen, 1934 (p.113, Rem.); Sewell, 1947 (p.205, Rem.); Matthews, 1972 (p.39); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.209, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.C, figs.1-15].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, idem (lateral left side); 3, forehead (lateral); 4, rostrum; 5, A2; 6, Md; 7, Mx1; 8, Mx2; 9, Mxp; 10, P1; 11, P3; 12, P5; 13, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal); 14, distal part of caudal rami (enlarged).

Male: 15, P5.

Complementary References

Sewell, 1948 (p.331, 505, 522, 528, 533); Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.19); Deevey & Brooks, 1977 (p.156, tab.2, Station "S", as pencillatus); Matsuura & al., 2010 (p.2098, Table 3, fig.8)

Distribution

NZ: 4

Distribution map of Euaugaptilus penicillatus by geographical zones


Localisations

W Gibraltar, Sargasso Sea (off Bermuda: Station "S"), Arabian Sea, SW Indian, Indonesia (Celebes Sea)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

bathypelagic. Known to occur between 1000 and 1400 m depth (Matthews, 1972). Sargasso Sea: 500-1000 m (Deevey & Brooks, 1977, Station "S");
Jespersen (1934) is not very confident regarding the presence of this species south of Baffin Bay.
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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