Lucicutia pallida - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Lucicutia pallida Hülsemann, 1966 (M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Family Lucicutiidae

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Genus Lucicutia

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References

List of the studied authors

Hülsemann, 1966 (p.733, Descr.M, figs.M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.134: M)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : K. Hülsemann in Bull. Mar. Sc., 1966, 16 (4). [p.712, Figs.37-39].
Male (from W Indian): 37, head (dorsal); 38, idem (lateral); 39, urosome (dorsal).

Species Lucicutia pallida - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 Issued from : K. Hülsemann in Bull. Mar. Sc., 1966, 16 (4). [p.714, Fig.40].
Male: 40, P5.

Plate 3 Lucicutia pallida male:
1 - P1 with 3-segmented endopod.
2 -Cephalosome with 1 pair of obtusely pointed or rounded lateral projections.
3 - A1 reaching to midlength of caudal rami.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 (p.18); Deevey & Brooks, 1977 (p.256, tab.2, Station "S")

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Lucicutia pallida by geographical zones

Distribution map of Lucicutia pallida for the Zone Indian Ocean

Localisations

Geographical glossary

W Indian, Sargasso Sea: off Bermuda (Station "S"))

Quotations

N: 3

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(21) M: 8,3-7,7; {M: 7,70-8,30}

Remarks

bathypelagic. Sargasso Sea: 1000-1500 m (Deevey & Brooks, 1977, Station "S");
For Hülsemann (1966, p.733) this species differs fro L. bella and L. formosa by the shorter A1 and furca, and by the structure of P5 male.

Last update : 16/01/2015

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