Kyphocalanus
- Dataset
- A new family and genus of calanoid copepods (Crustacea) from the abyss of the Atlantic Ocean
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Calanoida
- family
- Kyphocalanidae
- genus
- Kyphocalanus
description
Description. Female: total length about 2 mm, specimen in a very poor condition. Body shape similar to that of other species of the genus. Setation of intact antenna segments 1 – 6, mandible, maxillule and syncoxa of maxilliped typical of the genus. Maxilla configuration typical of the genus, praecoxal and coxal endites with 2 setae each, proximal basal endite as 1 setal element; distal endite plus endopod bear at least 7 (?) intact long ribbon-like sensory setae. Morphology of specimen is typical of the genus Kyphocalanus, however due to its poor condition, it is difficult to discuss its relationship with congeners.
materials_examined
Material examined. Dissected adult female in poor condition, body length 2.24 mm. Collected on 30 March 2005 above the sea bed at abyssal depths (3820 - 3744 m) in Antarctic waters (62 º 32 ’ S 64 º 39 ’ W). Specimen is deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), University of Hamburg.
Name
- Homonyms
- Kyphocalanus
- Kyphocalanus
- Kyphocalanus
- Kyphocalanus