Metridia similis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Metridia similis Brodsky, 1950 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Family Metridinidae

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Genus Metridia

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References

List of the studied authors

Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.299, figs.F,M); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.837, tab.6)

Figures

Plate 1 Issued from : K.A. Brodskii in Calanoida of the Far Eastern Seas and Polar Basin of the USSR. Opred. Fauna SSSR, 1950, 35 (Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967) [p.298, Fig.204].
Female (NW Pacific): habitus (dorsal and lateral left side); S2En1, endopodal segment 1 of P2; S5, P5.

Male: habitus (dorsal and lateral left side); S5, P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Hattori, 1991 (tab.1, Appendix); Kotani & al., 1996 (tab.2); Yamaguchi & al., 2002 (p.1007, tab.1); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.); Homma & Yamaguchi, 2010 (p.965, Table 2); Homma & al., 2011 (p.29, Table 2, 3, abundance, feeding pattern: suspension feeders)

Distribution

NZ: 3

Distribution map of Metridia similis by geographical zones

Localisations

Geographical glossary

NW Pacif., Japan (Onagawa, off Sanriku), S Bering Sea , S Aleutian Basin, S Aleutian Is., Station Knot, off British Columbia

Quotations

N: 7

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(22) F: 2,7-2,4; M: 2,2-2; {F: 2,40-2,70; M: 2,00-2,20}

Last update : 17/01/2015

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