Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )
        Fosshageniidae ( Family )
            Fosshagenia ( Genus )
Fosshagenia ferrarii  Suarez-Morales & Iliffe, 1996   (F,M)
Ref.:
Suarez-Morales & Iliffe, 1996 (p.755, figs.F,M); Fosshagen & Iliffe, 2004 a (p.352: Rem.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.122, p.123: figs.F,M)
Species Fosshagenia ferrarii - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : E. Suarez-Morales & T.M. Iliffe in J. Crust. Biol., 1996, 16 (4). [p.756, Fig.2].
Female (from Bahamas): A, habitus (lateral); B, idem (dorsal); C, A1 (dorsal).
Nota: Genital segment (double-somite) in dorsal view with elongate subtriangular process on left side extending to midlength of succeeding segment. A1 24-segmented (segment 1 fused with succeeding double segment, segments 9 and 10 partially fused, reaching to posterior margin of anal segment when stretched backward.

Male: D, habitus (lateral); E, urosome (dorsal).
Nota: Right A1 18-segmented

Scales in mm.


Species Fosshagenia ferrarii - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : E. Suarez-Morales & T.M. Iliffe in J. Crust. Biol., 1996, 16 (4). [p.757, Fig.3].
Female: A, urosome (ventral; scale a); B, Md (scale b); C, A2 (scale b); D, Mx1 (scale b); E, Mx2 (scale c); F, Mxp (scale d).
Scales in mm.


Species Fosshagenia ferrarii - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : E. Suarez-Morales & T.M. Iliffe in J. Crust. Biol., 1996, 16 (4). [p.758, Fig.4].
Female: A, P1 (scale a); B, P2 (scale a); C, P3 (scale b); D, P4 (scale b); E, P5 (scale c).

Male: F, P5 (posterior; scale c); G, P5 (anterior; split; scale d); H, P5 (anterior; scale d).

Scales in mm.


Species Fosshagenia ferrarii - Plate 4 of morphological figuresIssued from : V.N. Andronov in Russian Acad. Sci. P.P. Shirshov Inst. Oceanol. Atlantic Branch, Kaliningrad, 2014. [p.84, Fig.21: 3]. Fosshagenia ferrarii after Suarez-Morales & Iliffe, 1996.
Female P5.


Species Fosshagenia ferrarii - Plate 5 of morphological figuresIssued from : V.N. Andronov in Russian Acad. Sci. P.P. Shirshov Inst. Oceanol. Atlantic Branch, Kaliningrad, 2014. [p.85, Fig.22: 1]. Fosshagenia ferrarii after Suarez-Morales & Iliffe, 1996.
Male P5.

NZ: 1

Distribution map of Fosshagenia ferrarii by geographical zones
Loc:
Bahamas Islands (Middle Caicos Island: anchialine cave)
N: 1
Lg.:
(392) F: 0,7-0,6; M: 0,705-0,687; {F: 0,60-0,70; M: 0,69-0,71}
Rem.: Brackish water (S = 23 p.1000).
For Fosshagen & Iliffe (2004, p.352) F. ferrrarii has been re-examined from its type locality. The major differences with F. suarezi are in the sexual characters of the urosome and P5.
Last update : 21/04/2016
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