Name
Synonymy
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Distinguishing Features
Size
Distribution
Ecology
Genetics
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  Name:
 

Haloptilus austini (Grice, 1959)

Synonymy:

 

Haloptilus longiceps (Tanaka, 1964)


Hierarchy:
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  Kingdom --
   Phylum
  Subphylum
  Class Crustacea
  Subclass
  Infraclass
  Superorder
  Order Calanoida
  Family Augaptilidae
  Genus Haloptilus
  Species austini

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Distinguishing features:
 

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


   topSize:
 

Prosome length:

Total length:
adult; 2.42 mm (K. Saraladevi, 1977) - 3.33 mm (K. Saraladevi, 1977)

   topDistribution:
 

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

   
    topEcology:
 

Salinity :34.09-36.25%o,Temperature: 11.2-30.0°C

   
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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.
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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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