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Haloptilus longiceps (Tanaka, 1964) |
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Please go to Marine Planktonic Copepods to access the species page hosted by the Marine Planktonic Copepods Website. We thank the UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMS 2348, Observatoire Océanologique, F-66651, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France for permission to access their species pages. |
| Kingdom Animalia -- animals | Phylum Arthropoda -- arthropods | | Subphylum Crustacea -- Brünnich, 1772--crustaceans | | Class Crustacea -- Dahl, 1956 | | Subclass Copepoda -- Milne-Edwards, 1840--copepods | Return
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FEMALE: Prosome long and rounded. Cephalo-thorax longer than the abdomen. Gnathal lobe of mandible with three teeth. The two anterior teeth with one additional spine each and the posterior tooth with two additional spines. Endopod of maxillule with five setae, second basal with four or five, third inner lobe with four or sometimes three setae. Maxilla without spine. Male: Not recorded
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Size:
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Prosome length:
Total length:
adult; 2.42 mm (K. Saraladevi, 1977) - 3.33 mm (K. Saraladevi, 1977)
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Distribution:
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Recorded from the Indian Ocean, Off the Arabian Sea at the mouth of Gulf of Oman, in the Gulf of Aden and off the southern and central west coast of India. Depth distribution: Mesopelagic and bathypelagic
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Ecology:
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Salinity :34.09-36.25%o,Temperature: 11.2-30.0°C
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Modification History:
History Link
This information was compiled and submitted by R. Stephen. |
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Gallery
 | Haloptilus austini (after Saraladevi, 1977) a. female dorsal, b. urosome (ventral), c. mandibular blade, d. maxillule, e. female 5th leg, f. maxilla. Larger image
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Distribution Map
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Specimen Data Map from OBIS
 Southampton Oceanography Center Discovery Collections Midwater Database IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS (INDOBIS) |
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