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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Paraeuchaeta prima  Heptner, 1971   (F)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Clausocalanoidea
Family Euchaetidae

Synonymy

Pareuchaeta prima Heptner, 1971 (p.104, Descr.F, figs.F)

References

Bradford & al., 1983 (p.23); Park, 1994 (p.320); 1995 (p.10)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : M.V. Heptner in Trudy. Inst. Okeanol., 1971, 92. [p.105, Fig.15]. As Pareuchaeta prima.
Female (from Kuril-Kamchatka Trench).
Nota: Formula of the exopod of P1 spines on the last two segments, successively: Aa < AB (Aa ≈ 1/3 AB); Bb ≤ BC; Cc > BC (Cc = 1 3/4 BC) P2: Aa > AB (Aa = AB + 1/2 Bb); Bb < BC (Bb ≈ 2/3 BC); Cc >CD (Cc = CD + Dd. Variant: Aa = Ab; Bb = BC; Cc > CD (Cc = CD + 1/3 Dd). [cf. legend in drawings of Heptner, 1971, for Pareuchaeta rubra]

Distribution

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Paraeuchaeta prima by geographical zones


Localisations

NW Pacif. (Kuril-Kamchatka)

Quotations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

Remarks

bathy-abyssopelagic (2000-4000 m)
Last update : 27/01/2015

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