Calanopia thompsoni

Scientific Name:-

Calanopia thompsoni

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Arthropoda

Status:-

Not known

Description:-

Female: Prosome ovate, elongate and slender, cephalon with lateral hooks. Thoracic segment produced posteriorly into strong process. Urosome is 2-segmented. Female: Lateral hooks on cephalosome. Strong spines on last metasome segment, reaching half way down genital segment. Genital segment slightly longer than the second urosome segment. Genital segment ventrally is produced anteriorly and posteriorly into 2 blunt lobes. Furca slightly asymmetrical, longer on left. Endopodite of 2 segments, first one moderately long with distal portion of outer margin with 2 very strong spines. Second segment narrow, terminating in a long stout spine, serrated on both edges, segment also with 2 outer marginal spines and a short inner one. Male: Lateral hooks on cephalosome, forehead angular in outline. Posterior metasome segment sharply pointed.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Reported from Kerala coast by Saraswathy (1966).

Habitat:-

Pelagic, Coastal

Synonyms:-

Calanopia thompsoni Scott, 1909
Calanopia thompsoni A. Scott, 1909
Calanopia thompsoni Sewell, 1912
Calanopia thompsoni Sewell, 1914

References:-

Saraswathy, M (1966). Pelagic Copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of Symposium on Crustacea, Marine Biological Association of India, Mandapam Camp Part-I: 74-106.
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