Temorites sp. - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Temorites sp. Wheeler, 1970 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Bathypontioidea

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Family Bathypontiidae

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Genus Temorites

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Synonymy

Bathypontia sp. Wheeler, 1970 (p.13, Descr.F, figs.F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.886, 964, figs.F)

References

List of the studied authors

Bradford-Grieve, 1999 b (p.21)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : E.H. Wheeler, Jr in Smiths. Contr. Zool., 1970, 55. [p.29, Fig.91-93]. As Bathypontia sp.
Female (from N Brazil): 91, posterior portion of cephalothorax anf urosome (lateral view); 92, P5; 93, rostrum (lateral view).
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th separate. Posterolateral corner of cephalothorax a well-defined, rounded extension overlapping 1/3 of genital segment. Rostrum a single, elongate lobe. Urosome 4-segmented. A1 24-segmented, extending to genital segment.Gnathal lobe of Md with hirsute seta. Mx2 with 7 terminal spines, flattened for distal half of their length. Mxp more slender than Mx2.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Temorites sp. by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

off N Brazil (equatorial region)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(203) F: 2,81; {F: 2,81}

Remarks

abyssopelagic.
For Wheeler (1970, p.13) the specimen is in poor condition, lacking the exopods of P2 to P4.

Last update : 01/02/2015

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