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Metridia princeps Giesbrecht, 1889 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Ordre Calanoida

détails

Famille Metridinidae

détails

Genre Metridia

détails liste des espèces pour ce genre

Abréviations ou symboles

Synonymie

no Metridia princeps : Esterly, 1906 a (p.69, figs.F,M); ? Lee & al., 1971 (p.1151);
? Metridia bicornuta Davis, 1949 (p.47, Descr.F, figs.F)

Références

Liste des auteurs étudiés

Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.340, 346, 773, Descr.F, figs.F); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.107, Rem. F); Canu, 1896 (p.433, Rem.); I. C. Thompson, 1903 a (p.24, Descr.M, figs.M); Farran, 1908 b (p.61); Wolfenden, 1908 (p.15, figs.F); A. Scott, 1909 (p.121, figs.F,M); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.287, figs.F,M); Lysholm & Nordgaard, 1921 (p.24); Sars, 1925 (p.194, figs.F,M); Farran, 1926 (p.271); Rose, 1929 (p.29); Farran, 1929 (p.209, 258); Sewell, 1932 (p.252, Rem. F,M, figs. juv.); Wilson, 1932 a (p.122, figs.F,M); Rose, 1933 a (p.176, figs.F,M); Jespersen, 1934 (p.92); Jespersen, 1940 (p.43); Wilson, 1942 a (p.194, fig.F); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.29); Sewell, 1947 (p.167, fig.44, Rem.); Farran, 1948 c (n°14, p.3, figs.F); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.301, figs.F,M); Vervoort, 1957 (p.118, fig., Rem.); Tanaka, 1963 (p.17, figs.F,M); Vervoort, 1965 (p.104, Rem.); Owre & Foyo, 1967 (p.70, figs.F,M); Arashkevich, 1969 (p.703, figs.F); Vaupel-Klein, 1970 (p.4, 35, figs.F, Rem., Tabl.III); Wheeler, 1970 (p.12, fig.juv.M, Rem.); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.640, figs.F,M); Gardner & Szabo,1982 (p.330, figs.F,M); Szabo & Gardner, 1986 (p.1560: Appendix, Rem.); Hulsemann, 1988 (p.188, Rem.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.837, tab.6); Cuoc & al., 1997 (p.652, figs.F: genital complex); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.884, 948, figs.F,M); Bradford-Grieve,1999 b (p.116, figs.F,M, Rem., figs.178, 192); Markhaseva, 2001 (p.47, figs.F,M, Rem.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.147: figs.F,M); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.367, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Planche 1 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Zoosyst. Rossica, 2001, 9 (1). [p.66, Figs. 148-156].
Female: 148, habitus (right lateral view); 149, idem (dorsal view); 150, cephalosome (right lateral view); 151, anterior part of cephalosome; 152, rostrum; 153, urosome (right lateral view); 154-156, genital somite (ventral view).

Nota : Prosome 1.33-1.47 times as long as urosome. Cephalosome without collar on both left and right sides. Rostrum of 2 filaments at subdivided base. Genital somite 1.8-2.0 times as long as wide, with elongate spermathecae, right one usually darker. Caudal rami about 6 times as long as wide. A1 24-segmented, exceeding the body length by 4-5 distal segments. Oral parts and Mxp as in M. ferrarii.

Species Metridia princeps - Planche 2 of morphological figures

Planche 2 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Zoosyst. Rossica, 2001, 9 (1). [p.67, Figs. 157-167].
Female: 157, left A1 (segments 1-6); 158, idem (segments 7-11); 159, idem (segments12-15); 160, idem (segments 16-18); 161, idem (segments19-24); 162, first leg ( (endopod); 163, second leg (endopod); 164, idem (endopod.1); 165, third leg (exopod); 166, fourth leg (exopod); 167, fifth legs.

Species Metridia princeps - Planche 3 of morphological figures

Planche 3 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Zoosyst. Rossica, 2001, 9 (1). [p.68, Figs.168-176].
Male: 168, habitus (dorsal view); 169, cephalosome (right lateral view); 170, posterior prosomal somite and urosome; 171, idem (right lateral view); 172, posterior prosomal somite and genital somite (dorsal view); 173, anal somite and caudal rami (dorsal view); 174, left fifth leg; 175, idem (exopod.3); 176, coxopodof fifth legs and right fifth leg.

Nota : Cephalosome collar absent. Genital somite with small projection on the right lacking spinules ; spinules present at the posterior prosomal somite on the left. Urosomal somites lacking spinules. Caudal rami about 6 times as long as wide. Right A1 geniculated.

Planche 4 issued from : E.L. Markhaseva in Zoosyst. Rossica, 2001, 9 (1). [p.69, Figs.177-183].
Male: 177, right A1 (segments 1-12); 178, idem (segments 13-16); 179, idem (segments 15-17); 180, idem (segments 17-19); 181, idem (segments 20-22); 182, left A1 (segments 1-4); 183, right A1 (segments 1-4).

Species Metridia princeps - Planche 5 of morphological figures

Planche 5 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1963, XI (1). [p.18, Fig.156].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, last thoracic segment and urosome (left lateral side); c, P5.
Nota: The urosome segments and furca are in the proportional lengths as 42:22:12:24 = 100.

Male: d, last thoracic segment and urosome (dorsal); e, P5.
Nota: The urosome segments and furca are in the proportional lengths as 11:19:17:19:9:25 = 100. The right A1 exceeds the end of the furca by last 2 segments; the left A1 forms a grasping organ.

Species Metridia princeps - Planche 6 of morphological figures

Planche 6 isued from : J.M. Bradford-Grieve in The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 111, 1999. [p.117, Fig.78];
Female: A, habitus (dorsal); B, P5.

Male: C, habitus (left lateral side); D, P5; E, detail of joint between left exopod segment 1 and exopod segments 2+3.

Female characteristics: Metasome oval.
- Rostrum in the form of a bifid lamella with 2 slender filaments.
- Posterior metasomal corners short and rounded.
- Urosome large, almost equal in length to metasome.
- Genital segment exceeding length of remaining urosome.
- Anal segment widened posteriorly, half as long as preceding segment.
- Caudal rami long, narrow, more than 5 times as long as wide, twice the length of anal segment.
- A1 longer than body, proximal segments toothed anteriorly.
- P5 3-segmented with long hairs on basal segment, distal segment short and terminated by 3 subequal plumose setae.

Male characteistics: Left A1 shorter than right and prehensile.
- P5 asymmetrical stronger on right, 4-segmented, segment 2 with a long gently curving inner process, distal segment with a long parallel outer plate separated from the segment, segment terminated by 2 spinules; left leg shorter, 2nd segment withouy spines on inner side, 2 distal joints are fused. On Southwest Pacific, specimens in P5 right exopod segment 2 relatively short; exopod segment 3 does not appear to have an outer edge lobe but is constructed as in other Metridia<=em>; left basipod 1 has a tuft of long hairs on the posterior surface; left exopod segment 2+3 has large, hairy spine near its base, directed proximally, in a hairy depression.

Planche 7 Issued from : J.C. von Vaupel-Klein in Zool. Verh. Leiden, 1970, 110. [p.31, Fig.132, a-c].
Female: a, forehead (dorsal); b, urosome (dorsal); c, P5.

Planche 8 Issued from : G.O. Sars in Résult. Camp. Scient. Prince Albert I, 69, pls.1-127 (1924). [Pl.LIII, figs.1-12].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, idem (lateral left side); 3, forehead (lateral); 4, rostrum (frontal view); 5, P1; 6, P2; 7, 1st endopodal segment of P2 (with adjacent segments); 8, P3; 9, P5.

Male: 10, habitus (dorsal); 11, P5; 12, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal).

Planche 9 issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports, VIII (1), 1947. [p.166, Fig.44, A]. Process on the posterior aspect of the 2nd basal segment of P1.
Remarks: The shape of the hook-like or spine-like process shows some variation in different genera, but it is undoubtedly homologous throughout the whole series. The function of this organ is unknown.

Planche 10 Issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1932, X (continued). [P;.III.
Male (from N Indian Ocean): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, left A1; 3, right A1; 4, P1; 5, P2; 6, P3; 7, P4.

Planche 11 Issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1932, X (continued). [P;.IV].
Male: 1, A2; 2, Md; 3, Mx1; 4, Mx2; 5, Mxp; 6, left P5; 7, right P5.

Planche 12 Issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Mem. Indian Mus., 1932, X (continued). [p.248, Fig.87, A].
male: habitus, dorsal (arrangement pf cutaneous pores).

Planche 13 issued from : A. Scott in Siboga-Expedition, 1909, XIX a. [Plate XXXVIII, Figs.1-7].
Male (from Indonesia-Malaysia): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, right A1; 3, left A1; 4, P2 (hooks on basal segment of endopodite); 5, P5.

Female: 6, P2 (hooks on basal segment of endopodite); 7, P5.

Planche 14 issued from : C. Cuoc, D. Defaye, M. Brunet, R. Notonier & J. Mazza in Mar. Biol., 1997, 129. [p.655, Figs.14-18]. Scanning electron micrographs of genital area of females.
14, 16, ventral face of genital double-somite of two specimens; 15, detail of genital area; 17, 18, copulatory pores (cp) of females with single insemination on right side (17) and with insemination on both sides (18) [note spermatophoral plugs (black arrowheads), closed copulatory pore (arrow), and sensory pore (?) (white arrowhead)]

Planche 15 issued from : C. Cuoc, D. Defaye, M. Brunet, R. Notonier & J. Mazza in Mar. Biol., 1997, 129. [p.655, Figs.20-24]. Scanning electron micrographs of genital area of females.
20, fixation sites of 3 spermatophores, note fixation disk level with right copulatory pore (large arrow), 2 posterior disks (triangles), and superficial furrows (small arrow); 21, posterior part of genital double-somite, with spermatophoral remnants and some plandular pores (arrows); 22-24, inner dorsal view of genital area (22), with details of right egg-laying duct (d3) (23) and copulatory ducts (arrow) (24).
cg: closed gonopores; cp: copulatory pores; d1: seminal duct; d2: shell duct; gp: gonoporal plates; gs: gonoporal slits; f: folds of superficial furrows; : muscle of egg-laying duct; sgsuperficial furrows between copulatory pores and gonopores; sr: seminal receptacles.

Planche 16 issued from : R.N. Wolfenden in Die Marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 1911. [Pl.XL, Figs.8-13].
Female: 8, habitus (lateral); 9, idem (dorsal); 10, P5.

Male: 11, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral, right side); 12, P2; 13, P5.

Planche 17 issued from : J. Mauchline in J. mar. biol. Ass, U.K., 1977, 57 (4). [p.980, Fig.4, J].
Integumental organs: J, opening of luminescence gland.

Planche 18 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892, 19 , Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.33, Fig.18].
Female: 18, P5.

Planche 19 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892, 19 , Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.33, Figs.3, 35].
Female: 3, A1 (proximal segments); 35, urosome (ventral).

Planche 20 issued from : H.B. Owre & M. Foyo in Fauna Caribaea, 1, Crustacea, 1: Copepoda. Copepods of the Florida Current. 1967. [p.15, Fig.33].
Female: 33, P2.

Références complémentaires

Liste des auteurs étudiés

Cleve, 1904 a (p.192); Pearson, 1906 (p.24); Hardy & Gunther, 1935 (1936) (p.179, Rem.); Sewell, 1948 (p.329, 503, 514, 519, 521, 525, 530, 539, 547, 549, 567); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.265); Fagetti, 1962 (p.27); Grice, 1963 a (p.496); Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 (p.224); 1968 (tab.2); Park, 1970 (p.477); Gueredrat & Friess, 1971 (p.187, fig.2); Roe, 1972 (p.277, tabl.1, tabl.2); Harding, 1974 (p.141, tab.2, gut contents); Vives & al., 1975 (tab.II, XII); Björnberg, 1973 (p.337, 387); Deevey & Brooks, 1977 (p.256, tab.2, Station "S"); Vaissière & Séguin, 1980 (p.23, tab.1); Vives, 1982 (p.293); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.84); Roe, 1984 (p.358); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Brenning, 1985 a (p.28, Table 2); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.59); Hopkins & Torres, 1988 (tab.1); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Heinrich, 1990 (p.18); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1990 (p.305, fig.3: vertical distribution night/day; fig.7: cluster); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1991 (1993) (tab.I); Shih Young, 1995 (p.70); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.110); Lapernat, 2000 (tabl.3, 4); Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, tab. 5, Appendix); Madhupratap & al., 2001 (p. 1345, vertical distribution vs. O2, figs.4, 5: clusters, p.1353); Holmes, 2001 (p.19); Yamaguchi & al., 2002 (p.1007, tab.1); Hsiao & al., 2004 (p.326, tab.1); Neumann-Leitao & al., 2008 (p.799: Tab.II, fig.6); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); Gaard & al., 2008 (p.59, Table 1, N Mid-Atlantic Ridge); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.); Park & Ferrari, 2009 (p.143, Table 4, Appendix 1); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.426); Palomares-Garcia & al., 2013 (p.1009, Table I, abundance vs environmental factors, very rare); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.); Hirai & al., 2013 (p.1, Table I, molecular marker); Bonecker & a., 2014 (p.445, Table II: frequency, horizontal & vertical distributions); Bode & al., 2015 (p.268, Table 1, chemical components, trophic level, geographic zone); El Arraj & al., 2017 (p.272, table 2); Belmonte, 2018 (p.273, Table I: Italian zones); Bode & al., 2018 (p.840, Table 1, respiration & ingestion rates, depth)

Distribution

NZ: 20

Carte de distribution de Metridia princeps par zones géographiques

Liste des espèces pour la sous-zone North Sea de la Zone 9
Distribution map of Metridia princeps for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea
Distribution map of Metridia princeps for the Zone Indian Ocean
Distribution map of Metridia princeps for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam
Distribution map of Metridia princeps for the Zone Antarctic

Cartes et graphiques additionels

Carte 6 issued from : W. Vervoort in B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Reseach Expedition, Reports - Ser. B, Vol. III, 1957 [Fig.108]
Chart showing the geographical distribution (white triangle) in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent.
Nota: In this chart the area frequented by whaling vessels has been hatched. The Antarctic circle (66°.5 S) has been drawn as a broken line. The numbers I to VI refer to the sectors into which the Antarctic seas are divided according to Mackintosh (1942) (after Vervoort, 1951).

Carte 7 Issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in J. Plankton Res., 12 (2). [p.310, Fig.3].
Vertical distribution of calanoid copepod (mean +1 SE), abundance No/100 m³. 17- Metridia princeps.
Night: shaded, day: unshaded.
Samples collected from 6 stations located off Cochin (India), SE Arabian Sea, November 1983, with a Multiple Closing Plankton Net (mesh aperture 300 µm), in vertical hauls at 4 depth intervalls (0-200, 200-400, 400-600, 600-1000 m).

Carte 8 Issued from : M. Bode, R. Koppelmann, L. Teuber, W. Hagen & H. Auel inGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles, 2018, 32. [p.844, Table 1).
Cf. explanations of these measures in Calanoides natalis from the same authors.

Localisations

Glossaire géographique

Cosmopolite : Antarct. (SW Atlant., Weddel Sea, Indian, SW & SE Pacif., Ross Sea, Mc Murdo), South Georgia, Atlant., off Bermuda: Station ‘’ S’’ (32°10’N, 64°30’W), off E Cape Cod, S Iceland, North Sea, Moroccan coast, Ibero-moroccan Bay, Medit. (Ligurian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Adriatic Sea), Indian, Indonesia-Malaysia, New Zealand, China Seas (South China Sea), E Taiwan, SE Japan, Pacif. (W equatorial), Gulf of California (rare), Station Knot, Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, off British Columbia, Arctic

Citations

N: 81

Dimensions (mm)

Références de auteurs concernant les dimensions

(1) F: 8,1; M: 8; (5) F: 8,8-7,9; M: 8,3; (16) F: 8,5-7,13; M: 8,15-6,75; (26) F: 7,34; M: 7,31; (32) F: 9-8; M: 6-5,8; (35) M: 8,5; (38) F: 7,9-7,1; (44) F: 7,75; M: 7,4; (45) F: 8,5-8; M: 7-6; (46) F: 8,5; (199) F: 7,52-6,69; M: 7,68-6,7; (205) F: 7,5; (411) F: 7,42; M: 7,65; (823) F: 7,8-7,4; M: 7,4; (909) F: 6,9-7,8; M: 6,75-7,6; {F: 6,69-9,00; M: 5,80-8,50}

The mean female size is 7.798 mm (n = 22; SD = 0.6082), and the mean male size is 7.235 mm (n = 17; SD = 0.8156). The size ratio (male : female) is 0.94 (n = 11; SD = 0.1040).

Remarques

bathy-abyssopélagique.
Sampling depth (Antarct.) : 0-1000 m. Dans la mer des Sargasses sous le Gulf Stream: 2000-1000 m.

Voir aussi les remarques en anglais

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