Labidocera acuta

Scientific Name:-

Labidocera acuta

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Arthropoda

Status:-

Not known

Description:-

Female- Body is elongated and ending in a single spiniform process, cephalon is rounded with a median anterior hook, dorsal eye lenses are moderate and separated. Lateral cephalic hooks absent. Urosome is 3-segmented, genital segment with a stout distolateral conical process on right margin. Endopodite claw-like. Male- Eye lenses are larger than in females. Urosome is 5-segmented, genital segment is widest and asymmetrical. Posterior metasome border asymmetric, right side longest and bent outwards.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Recorded from Kerala coast by Saraswathy (1966).

Habitat:-

Marine Pelagic, Open Sea, Coastal

Synonyms:-

Eupontella acuta (Dana, 1849); Pontella acuta Dana, 1849; Pontella acuta Dana, 1849; Labidocera acutum Giesbrecht, 1892; Labidocera acuta Giesbrecht and Schmeil, 1898; Eupontella acuta (Dana, 1849); Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849); Labidocera acuta A. Scott, 1909; Labidocera acuta Wolfenden, 1911; Labidocera acuta Pesta, 1912; Labidocera acuta Sewell, 1912; Labidocera acuta Pesta, 1913; Labidocera acuta Sewell, 1914; Labidocera acuta Fruchtl, 1924; Pontellina acuta (Dana, 1849)

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, pp. 74-106.
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