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Copépodes planctoniques marins
Mixtocalanus alter  Farran, 1929   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Ordre Calanoida
Superfamille Clausocalanoidea
Famille Scolecitrichidae

Synonymie

Amallophora altera (F) Farran, 1929 (p.209, 252, Descr.F, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.574); non Vervoort, 1957 (p.94, figs.F); no Bradford, 1973 (p.144, figs.3a,b);
Racovitzanus antarcticus (M) : Vervoort, 1957 (p.97, figs.M); Bradford & al., 1983 (p.91, Rem.); Park, 1983 (p.172);
? Scolecithricella auropecten : Vervoort, 1951 (p.101, figs.F);
? Scolecithricella (Amallothrix) altera : Vervoort, 1965 (p.69, figs.F, Rem.);
Amallothrix altera : Roe, 1975 (p.330, figs.F, Rem.); Vives, 1982 (p.292); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.58);
Scolecithricella altera : Park, 1980 (p.70, figs.F, Rem.); Roe, 1984 (p.357); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.73); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2008 (p.1046: Tab.2); Park & Ferrari, 2009 (p.143, Table 4, Appendix 1, biogeography)

Références

Vyshkvartzeva, 1989 (p.7, 22, 23, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.815, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Planche 1 issued from : G.P. Farran in British Antarctic (\"Terra Nova\") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. Zoology. Vol. VIII. Crustacea, 1929. [p.253, Fig.19]. As Amallophora altera.
Female: a, habitus (dorsal view); b, idem (right lateral view); c, distal part of prosome and urosome (dorsal view); d, idem (right lateral view); e, Mxp.; f, first foot; g, second foot; h, fifth feet.
Planche 2 issued from : H.S.J. Roe in Bull. British Mus. (Natural History) Zool., London, 1975, 28 (7). [p.331, Fig.18]. As Amallothrix altera.
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, rostrum (right lateral side); c, idem (ventral); d, last thoracic segment and urosome (right lateral side); e, A2; f, mandibular palp; g, Mx1; h, Mx2; i, Mxp; j, P1; k, P2; l, P3; m, P4; n, P5.
Bar scale 0.1 mm unless indicated.
Planche 3 issued from : T. Park in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1980, 31 (2). [p.68, Fig.22]. As Scolecithricella altera.
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, idem (lateral right side); c, last thoracic segments and urosome (lateral left side); d, forehead (lateral); e, rostrum (anterior); f, A2; g, Md; h, Mx1; i, distal part of Mx2; j, Mxp; k, P1 (anterior); l, P2 (posterior); m, P3 (posterior); n, P4 (posterior); o, P5 (posterior).
Nota: Cephalosome and 1st metasomal segment fused, 4th and 5th partially separated by an articulation suture.Urosome about 1/4 length of prosome. A1 reaching close to distal end of prosome.
Planche 4 Issued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report, 1965, 8. [p.70, Fig.14]. As Scolecithricella (Amallothrix) altera..
Female (from off Angola-Sierra Leone): a, habitus (lateral right side); b, idem (dorsal)
Planche 5 Issued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report, 1965, 8. [p.71, Fig.15]. As Scolecithricella (Amallothrix) altera.
Female: a, c, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (dorsal and lateral right side, respectively); b, forehead (ventral); d, P1; e, P5.
Planche 6 Issued from : W. Vervoort in Atlantide Report, 1965, 8. [p.73, Fig.16]. As Scolecithricella (Amallothrix) altera.
Female: a, Mx2; b, P2 (posterior); c, P3 (posterior); d, P4 (posterior).
Nota: Mx2 with endopodite 2-segmented, carries 7 sensory appendages of two types (fairly short, thick brush-shaped appendages and slender, filiform appendages with a narrowed, curved apical portion); 1st endopodal segment with 1 brush-shaped and 2 filiform sensory appendages, 2nd endopodal segment (apical) with 1 brush-shaped and 3 filiform sensory appendages.
Planche 7 issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.81]. As Racovitzanus antarcticus.
Male (from 61°44'S, 77°59'E): a, habitus (lateral); b, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (lateral); c, forehead (lateral).
Planche 8 issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.82]. As Racovitzanus antarcticus.
Male: a, frontal part of head (lateral); ; b, posterior part cephalothorax and urosome (dorsal); c, left P4 (posterior); d, P5 (rt = left leg; rt = right leg); e, forehead (dorsal); f, right Mx2.
Planche 9 issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.83]. As Racovitzanus antarcticus.
Male: a, right A2; b, right A1; c, left Md (manducatory plate); d, left Md (mandibular palp); e, left Mx1.
Planche 10 issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.84]. As Racovitzanus antarcticus.
Male: a, left P1 (posterior); b, right P2 (posterior); c, right P3 (posterior); d, right Mxp.

Références complémentaires

Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, Appendix); Kuriyama & Nishida, 2006 (p.299: Tab.II, fig. 10, vertical distribution).

Distribution

Cartes et graphiques additionels

Carte 4 Chart of 1996

Localisations

Antarct. (Ross Sea, W Peninsula, ? Croker Strait, W Weddell Sea, Indian), sub-Antarct. (Indian), ? G. of Guinea, Cape Verde Is., off Morocco-Mauritania, Canary Is., off W Cape Finisterre, China Seas (South China Sea in Shih & Young, 1995; W. Zhang & al., 2010), Japan (Sagami Bay)

Citations

N: 9

Dimensions (mm)

(8) F: 2,2-1,98; ? (16) F: 3,00; (25) M: 2,3; (35) F: 2,76-2,67; (523) F: 2,8-2,56; (1000) F: 2,0; {F: 1,98-2,76; M: 2,30}

Remarques

mésopélagique.
Sampling depth (Antarct., sub-Antarct.) : 100-1000 m.
La signalisation de cette espèce en mer de Chine nécessite confirmation. W. Zhang confirme la présence de cette espèce dans les mers de Chine (comm. pers., 2006).

Voir aussi les remarques en anglais
Dernière mise à jour : 18/01/2021