Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Euchaetidae ( Family )
            Paraeuchaeta ( Genus )
Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis  Tanaka, 1958   (F,M)
Syn.: Euchaeta scotti : Wolfenden, 1911 (p.301, figs.F);
Pareuchaeta aequatorialis Tanaka, 1958 (p.348, figs.F,M); Tanaka & Omori, 1968 (p.225, figs.F, Rem.); Vives, 1982 (p.291);
Euchaeta aequatorialis : Park, 1978 (p.276, figs.F);
? no E. aequatorialis : Vervoort, 1963 b (p.172, figs.F,M); Park, 1975 c (p.8, figs.F); Euchaeta aequatorialis : Park, 1978 (p.276, figs.F, Rem.)
Ref.:
Roe, 1972 (p.277, tabl.1, tabl.2); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.20); Park, 1994 (p.322, 325, biogéo.); 1995 (p.45, Rem.F,M, figs.F,M); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.798, Pl.109,113: F,M); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.109); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.880, 926, figs.F,M); Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, Appendix); Hernandez-Trujillo & Esqueda-Escarcega, 2002 (in Appendix)
Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 1995, 29. [p.144, Fig.34].
Female: a, forehead (left side); b, urosome (left); c, genital somite (left); d, Mx1 (first inner lobe omitted), posterior; e, exopod of P1 (anterior); f, exopod of P2 (anterior).
Nota: Similar in habitus including urosome to P. scotti, P. mexicana, P. rasa but distinguishable from them by: Laterally, rostrum elongate forehead anterior to suprafrontal sensilla almost straight. Dorsal wall of genital somite wiyj a distinct hump at middle; ventral margin of genital flange only slightly convex or nearly straight, oblique in aposteroventral direction; posterior edge of genital field produced into a relatively wide lobe; anterior margin of genital prominence convex; posterior margin straight, about 2/3 length of posterior ventral wall of somite; a low, rounded ridge close to anterior margin of genital prominence on each side of genital somite.
Cephalosomal appendages similar to those of P. scotti except that outer lobe of Mx1 with 5 long setae and a minute seta proximally.
Swimming legs similar to those of P. scotti except that in P1 exopod, outer spine of 2nd segment reaching base of following.

Male: g, forehead (left); h, P1 (anterior); i, P2 (anterior); j, distal exopodal segments of left 5th leg (lateral, tilted colckwise); k, idem (medial).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Antarctic Res. Ser. Washington, 1978, 27. [p.277, Fig.116]. As Euchaeta aequatorialis.
Female from (33°10'S, 84°W): A, forehead (lateral); B, C, D, distal end of metasome and genital segment (dorsal, left side, and ventral, respectively); E, outer lobe of Mx1; F, P1; G, P2. P1-2: legs (anterior).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1958, VI (3). [p.349, Fig.72]. As Pareuchaeta aequatorialis.
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral left side); c, last thoracic segment and urosome segments (lateral left side); d, genital complex (ventral); e, exopod of P2.
Nota: The proportional lengths of the firs three urosome segments are 39:19:18. A1 extends to the middle of the last thoracic segment.

Male: f, forehead (lateral left side); g, terminal segments of left P5. Nota: The urosome segments and furca are in the proportional lengths as 24:25:21:16:5:9 = 100.


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report., 1963, 7. [p.172, Fig.18]. As Euchaeta aequatorialis. See in Remarks.
Female (from Angola-Sierra-Leone): a, habitus (dorsal); b-c, posterior part cephalothoras and urosome (dorsal view and lateral view from right side, respectively); d, genital somite (ventral); e, forehead (lateral). (a: x20; b, c, e: x44; d: x88).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report., 1963, 7. [p.173, Fig.19]. As Euchaeta aequatorialis
Female: a-d, P1 to P4; e, part of the row of teeth along apical spine of exopodite P4; f, Mx1. (a-d: x55; e: x240; f: x125).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report., 1963, 7. [p.174, Fig.20]. As Euchaeta aequatorialis.
Male (from Angola-Sierra-Leone): a-b, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (dorsal and lateral view from right side); c, P1; d, P2; e, P5; f, extremity of exopodite of left P; (a, b; d, e: x55; c: x88; f: x135).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Die Marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 1911. [p.301, Fig.53]. As Euchaeta scotti.
Female: a, genital segment (ventral); b, outer margin of exopod of P1; c, outer margin of exopod of P2.


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Die Marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 1911. [Pl.XXXV, Fig.2]. As Euchaeta scotti.
Female: 2, corner of the last thoracic segment and genital segment (lateral, right side).


Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Plate 9 of morphological figuresParaeuchaeta aequatorialis Female:
1 - See key to species Groups and independent species of Paraeuchaeta (p.30): malayensis species Group.
2 - Outer spine of 2nd exopodal segment (or the 2nd of the first 2 exopodal segments forming a proximal, compound segment) of P1 normally developed (Fig.34-e).
3 - Outer lobe of Mx1 with 5 long setae (Fig.34-d).
4 - Laterally, genital prominence low with more or less convex genital flanges.
5 - Laterally, rostrum well developed (Fig.34-a).
6 - Laterally, posterior margin of genital prominence distinct from posterior ventral wall of somite (Fig.34-c).
7 - Genital somite without conspicuous conical process on left side (Fig.34-c).
8 - Laterally, genital prominence with a low ridge close to anterior margin (Fig.34-c).

Compl. Ref.:
Teuber & al., 2013 (p.1, Table 3, enzyme activity); Park & Ferrari, 2009 (p.143, fig.1, biogeography); Bode & al., 2015 (p.268, Table 1, 2, figs.3, 4, chemical components, trophic level, geographic zone); Bode & al., 2018 (p.840, Table 1, respiration & ingestion rates, depth)
NZ: 11

Distribution map of Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis by geographical zones
Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Distribution map 3issued from : T. Park in Hydrobiologia 292/293, 1994. [Fig. 1, p.325]. Geographical distribution of Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis (circle).
Species Paraeuchaeta aequatorialis - Distribution map 4Issued from : M. Bode, R. Koppelmann, L. Teuber, W. Hagen & H. Auel inGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles, 2018, 32. [p.844, Table 1).
Cf. explanations of these measures in Calanoides natalis from the same authors.
Compare with Euchaeta marina, Paraeuchaeta gracilis.
Loc:
Antarct. (SE Pacif.), sub-Antarct. (SE Pacif., Drake Passage), Atlant. equatorial (off E St. Paul Is.), off Mauritania, Canary Islands, E Indian, Bay of Bengal, Indonesia-Malaysia, China Seas (South China Sea, East China Sea), Japan (Sagami, Suruga), Pacif. (E, SE & central N), Chile (in Yamanaka, 1976, p.170)
N: 9
Lg.:
(3) F: 5,4-4,8; M: 4,9-4,6; (10) F: 4,85; (20) F: 5,16; (63) F: 5,61-5,05; M: 4,74; (99) F: 5,3; M: 4,7; (199) F: 4,96; {F: 4,80-5,61; M: 4,60-4,90}
Rem.: Meso-bathypelagic.
Sampling depth (Antarct., sub-Antarct.) : 500-1000-3000 m.
For Vervoort (1963b, p.174) many indubitable individuals of this species occur in the Atlantide collection. The female is easily recognized by the short, squat cephalothorax and the short urosome; the structure of the genital swelling in ventral aspect is very characteristic. In the male the structure of the left exopodite of P5 may be used for identification; the lamella on the 2nd exopodal segment of the left P5 is not hollowed but flat; both its edges are set with small, fairly obtuse teeth, gradually increasing in size near apex; the end of the serrated lamella reaches two thirds the length of the 3rd exopodal segment; this segment is distinctly swollen and carries a rounded, haired tubercle at its base; the digitiform process is cylindrical and just as long as the serrated lamella; there seems to be no spine on the 2nd left exopodal segment of P5 at the base on the serrated edge of the lamella. Though Tanaka states that only 5 setae are present on the epipodite of Mx1, there is invariably 7 setae to be present, 5 of which are large and strong, 2 are very thin and small (these 2 easily escape observation).
Lapernat (comm. pers., 2000) confirms the presence of this species off Mauritania.
A confusion is possible between this species and P. mexicana.
The japanese specimens resemble E. scotti Farran but can be distinguished from it. Wolfenden's scotti has only 5 setae on the outside lobe1 of Mx1 (Tanaka, 1958, p.351).
Park (1995, p.46) found this species in the South Atlantic, between 15°S and 35°S, in the Pacific along the west coast of South America between 3°N and 35°S, in equatorial waters, the central North Pacific at 31°N, the Malay Archipelago, the South and East China seas, off the Pacific coast of Japan up to 35°N. The species was also found in the eastern Indian Ocean between 5°S and 14°S, in the Bay of Bengal. However, it has not been found in the North Atlantic.
Last update : 23/11/2020
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