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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Ctenocalanus tageae  Prado-Por, 1984   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Clausocalanidae

References

Prado-Por, 1984 (p.85, figs.F,M); Suarez-Morales & Leon-Oropeza, 2000 (p.39, tab.1, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : M.S. de A. Prado-Por in Crustaceana, 1984, Supplt 7. [p.88, Figs.10-18].
Female (from N Gulf of Elat): 10-11, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); 12, genital segment (dorsal); 13, urosome (lateral); 14, A1 (proximal segments only); 15, P4; 16, enlarged view of ctenospines of P4; 17, P5.

Male: 18, P5.
Plate 2 issued from : M.S. de A. Prado-Por in Crustaceana, 1984, Supplt 7. [p.89, Fig.21].
Female: 21, ctenospines of P4.

Nota: By SEM examination of the ctenospines, it appeared that these are articulated, and thus movable structures.
Plate 3 issued from : M.S. de A. Prado-Por in Crustaceana, 1984, Supplt 7. [p.87, Table I].
Comparison of the two species of Ctenocalanus n. spp. of Gulf of Elat.

Complementary References

Almeida Prado Por, 1985 (p.250); Echelman & Fishelson, 1990 a (tab.2)

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Ctenocalanus tageae by geographical zones


Localisations

Red Sea (G. of Aqaba)

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

(370) F,M: 1,1; {F: 1,10; M: 1,10}

Remarks

This species requires a redescription.
See remarks in Ctenocalanus heronae.
See remark in Ctenocalanus campaneri.
Last update : 02/01/2015

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