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Copépodes planctoniques marins
Misophriella tetraspina  Boxshall, 1983   (F)
Taxonomy
Ordre Misophrioida
Famille Misophriidae

Références

Boxshall, 1983 (p.110, Descr.F, figs.F); 1989 (p.524)

Figures

Planche 1 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1983, 44 (2). [p.111, Fig.5].
Female (from 34°57'N, 32°55'W): A, habitus (dorsal); B, A1 (dorsal); C, A1 (anterior).
Scale bars 0.050 mm unless otherwise indicated.
Nota: Prosome apparently 4-segmented but with the 1st free thoracic somite entirely concealed beneath a carapace-like extension of the posterior margin of the maxilliped-bearing somite. Nauplius eye absent. Rostrum fused to anterior surface of labrum, not visible from dorsal aspect. Cone organs present in lateral areas on cephalosome (see structure and function in Benthomisophria palliata). Urosome 6-segmented, somite 2 to 5 each with a hyaline frill aroud posterior border. A1 19-segmented, articulating basally with a raised area of ventral cephalic surface
Planche 2 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1983, 44 (2). [p.112, Fig.6].
Female: A-B, urosome (dorsal and ventral, respectively).
Scale bar 0.100 mm.
Nota: Anal somite with paired lobes dorsally, either side of anus and row of minute spinules around posterior margin; pairs of pores present on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. Caudal rami about as long as wide, armed with 2 long distal margin setae, 2 medium length distal angle setae, 1 dorsal seta near the distal margin, 1 seta near the middle of the lateral margin and 1 proximal setule on this margin. P6 forming a curved plate on ventral surface of genital somite; armature incomplete.
Planche 3 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1983, 44 (2). [p.114, Fig.7].
Female: A, Md (anterior); B, Mx1 (posterior); C, Mx2 (anterior); D, Mxp.
Scale bar 0.100 mm.
Planche 4 issued from : G.A. Boxshall in Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 1983, 44 (2). [p.115, Fig.8].
Female: A-D, P1 to P4 (anterior views); E, P5 (anteroventral view).
Scale bars 0.100 mm unless otherwise indicated.

Distribution

NZ: 1

Carte de distribution de Misophriella tetraspina par zones géographiques


Localisations

N Atlant. (SW off Azores)

Citations

N: 1

Dimensions (mm)

Remarques

Dernière mise à jour : 19/01/2015