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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pontoptilus mucronatus  Sars, 1905   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Arietelloidea
Family Augaptilidae

References

Sars, 1905 c (p.18, Rem.F); 1925 (p.314, figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.266, 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.CXI, figs.1-5].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, Mx1; 3, P3; 4, posterior part cephalothorx and urosome (dorsal).

Male: 5, P5.

Nota: Posterolateral corners slightly asymmetrical, pointed, points extending about 1/2 length of genital segment.

Complementary References

Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.40); Sewell, 1948 (p.505); Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.19)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Pontoptilus mucronatus by geographical zones


Localisations

W Canary Is., off W & N Azores Is., W Indian

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

Depth: ? (vertic. 0-3000; 0-5000 m).
Last update : 13/01/2017

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