Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Clausocalanoidea ( Superfamily )
        Euchaetidae ( Family )
            Paraeuchaeta ( Genus )
Paraeuchaeta sesquipedalis  Park, 1995   (F,M)
Ref.:
Park, 1994 (p.322); 1995 (p.69, Descr.F,M, figs.F,M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.880, 926, fig.F)
Species Paraeuchaeta sesquipedalis - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Park in Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. California, San Diego, 1995, 29. [p.176, Fig.66].
Female: a, forehead (left side); b, urosome (left); c, d, genital somite (left, right, respectively); e, Mx1 (first inner lobe separated), posterior; f, P1 (anterior); g, P2 (anterior).
Nota: Rostrim strong. Toothlike posterior lobe of the genital flange.

Male: h, forehead (left); i, P1 (anterior); j, P2 (anterior); k, distal exopodal segments of left 5th leg (anterior, tilted counterclockwise; idem (anterior, tilted clockwise); m, idem (lateral); n, idem (medial); o, serrated lamella of left 5th leg exopod (anterior, tilted counterclockwise).


Species Paraeuchaeta sesquipedalis - Plate 2 of morphological figuresParaeuchaeta sesquipedalis Female.
1 - See key to species Groups and independent species of Paraeuchaeta (p.30).
2 - In Mx1 endopod, 1st segment with 2 setae (Fig.66-e).
3 - Basis of Mx1 with 5 setae (Fig.66-e). Genital flange with relatively short posterior lobe (Fig.66-c).
4 - In Mx1, 2nd inner lobe with 1 seta (Fig.66-e).
5 - Laterally, rostrum and genital prominence large (Fig.66-a, 66-c).

Compl. Ref.:
Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.109)
NZ: 2

Distribution map of Paraeuchaeta sesquipedalis by geographical zones
Loc:
SE Atlant. (31°S, 1°E), off California, off Baja California, Gulf of California

Type locality: 31°12'N, 119°18'W.
N: 1
Lg.:
(3) F: 9,8-8,9; M: 8,5; {F: 8,90-9,80; M 8,50}
Last update : 27/01/2015
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