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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paraeuchaeta perplexa  Heptner, 1987   (M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Euchaetidae

Synonymy

Pareuchaeta perplexa Heptner, 1987 (p.1185, Descr.M, figs.M);? Pareuchaeta scotti : Heptner, 1971 (p.87)

References

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : M.V. Heptner in Zool. Zh., 1987, 46 (8). [p.1186, Fig.6]. As Pareuchaeta perplexa.
Male (from Kuril-Kamchatka Trench). ld = exopod of left P5 (medial); ld = serrated lamella of left P5 (lateral).
Nota: Formula of the exopod of P1 spines on each segment, respectively: Aa = 0; Bb ≈ 1/2 BC; ; Cc ≤ BC. P2: Aa ≈ 1/2 AB; Bb < 1/2 BC; Cc = 1/2 CD. [Aa: length of 1st spine; Bb: length of 2nd spine; Cc: length of 3rd spine; Dd length of the distal outer spine; capital letter = base of spine; small letter = tip of spine].

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paraeuchaeta perplexa by geographical zones


Localisations

Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

(61) M: 8,05-7,7; {M: 7,70-8,05}

Remarks

bathy-abyssopelagic (2970-3880 m).
Last update : 27/01/2015

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