Pleuromamma xiphias   (Giesbrecht,  1889) (Copepod)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class: Maxillopoda
Order:Calanoida
Family:Metridinidae

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Description
Synonym (s)
• Pleuromamma xiphias A. Scott, 1909
• Pleuromamma xiphias Wolfenden, 1911
• Pleuromamma xiphias Sars, 1925
• Pleuromamma xiphias Farran, 1926
• Pleuromamma xiphias Farran, 1929
• Pleuromma xiphias Giesbrecht, 1889
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Demersal
Biogeography


• Bay of Bengal INDIA (Record: 21/10/1911)
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Barren Island INDIA (Record: 04/2006)
• Southwest Coast INDIA (Record: 17/06/1987-10/07/1987)
• Kerala, Off Kochi (Lat: 10) (Long: 68.05) INDIA (Record: 14/11/1983-17/11/1983)
• Kerala, Off Kochi (Lat: 11.5) (Long: 73.11) INDIA (Record: 14/11/1983-17/11/1983)
• Bay of Bengal (Lat: 7.35) (Long: 85.12) INDIA (Record: 21/10/1911)
• Bay of Bengal (Lat: 7.61) (Long: 84.31) INDIA (Record: 21/04/1912)
• Indian Ocean (Lat: 5.93) (Long: 76.36) (Record: 23/04/1924)
Literature Source(s)
  • Sewell, RBS (1999) The copepoda of Indian seas Biotech Books, Delhi, India 407 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Pillai, HUK; Jayaraj, KA; Rafeeq, M; Jayalakshmi, KJ and Revichandran, C Mesozooplankton distribution near an active volcanic island in the Andaman Sea (Barren Island) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Springer Available at - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1579-0
  • Fernandes, V (2008) The effect of semi-permanent eddies on the distribution of mesozooplankton in the central Bay of Bengal Journal of Marine Research Sears Foundation for Marine Research 66 465–488 Available at - NIO,Goa
  • Madhupratap, M; Haridas, P; Ramaiah, N and Achuthankutty, CT (1992) Zooplankton of the southwest coast of India: abundance, composition, temporal and spatial variability in 1987 Oceanography of the Indian Ocean Oxford and IBH, New Delhi 99-112 p Available at - http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2959
  • Madhupratap, M and Haridas, P (1990) Zooplankton, especially calanoid copepods, in the upper 1000m of the south-east Arabian Sea Journal of Plankton Research Oxford University Press 12 305-321 Available at - http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2432
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