Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki
Giesbrecht (1891)
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Taxonomy
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass | Copepoda |
| Order | Cyclopoida |
| Family | Corycaeidae |
| Genus | Ditrichocorycaeus |
| Species | lubbocki |
Size
- Female: 0.75-1.03 mm
Distinguishing characters
- Peg like endopod of P4 with 2 setae and a small posterior projection
- Proportional length of urosome somites and caudal rami
- Female with button like projection dorsally on genital somite and no ventral hook
- Female with longcaudal rami compared to other female Ditrichocorycaeus
Male
- No description available
Female
- Prosome 1.7 times long as urosome
- 3rd pedigerous somite points extend to ½ of genital somite
- Small, button-like projection on dorsal posterior of genital somite
- Genital somite without ventral hook
- Urosome somites and caudal rami in proportional lengths 38:17:47
- Caudal rami 9 times as long as wide
Distribution
- Epipelagic
- Coastal and oceanic
- Subtropical and tropical
- Indian and Pacific oceans
Ecology
- Visual predators using raptorial appendages to capture small prey
- Little is known about the ecology of this species
References
- Al-Yamani F.Y. & Prusova I., 2003. Common copepoda of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. pp.1-162.
- Bradford-Grieve, J. M., E. L. Markhaseva, et al. (1999). Copepoda. South Atlantic Zooplankton. D. Boltovskoy. Leiden, The Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers. 1: 869-1098.
- Sewell R.B. Seymour, 1933. Notes on a small collection of marine Copepoda from the Malay States. Bull. Raffles Mus., 8: 25-31