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| Calanoida ( Order ) |  |  |  
|     Metridinidae ( Family ) |  |  |  
|         Metridia ( Genus ) |  |  |  |  |  |  
| | Metridia alata  Roe, 1975   (F,M) |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ref.: |  |  |  | Roe, 1975 (p.342, figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.369, figs.F,M, Rem.) |  | |  issued from : H.S.J. Roe in  Bull. British Mus. (Natural History) Zool., London, 1975, 28 (7). [p.343, Fig.22]. Female from Cape Verde Islands): a, habitus (dorsal); b, idem (right lateral side); c, A1 (basal segments); d, A2; e, mandibular palp; f, masticatory edge of Md; g, Mx1; h, Mx2; i, Mxp; j, P1; k, P2; l, P3; m, P4; n, P5. Bar scale 0.1 mm unless indicated.
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  issued from : H.S.J. Roe in  Bull. British Mus. (Natural History) Zool., London, 1975, 28 (7). [p.345, Fig.23, a-b]. Male: a, habitus (dorsal); b, P5. Bar scale 0.1 mm unless indicated.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Compl. Ref.: |  |  | Vives, 1982 (p.293) |  |  |  |  | NZ: | 1 |  |  |  |  |   
  			
				
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				  Distribution map of Metridia alata by geographical zones
 |  |  |  |  |  | Loc: |  |  |  | NE Atlant. (Cape Verde Is.) |  |  |  |  | N: | 2 |  |  |  |  | Lg.: |  |  |  | (8) F: 10,24-8,64; M: 8,64-8; {F: 8,64-10,24; M: 8,00-8,64} |  |  |  |  | Rem.: | bathypelagic. Appendages very similar to those of M. princeps, but distinguised easily from this  by the peculiar wing-like development of the right side of the head.
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