Microcerberus anfindicus
Messana, Argano & Baldari,
1978 (Isopod)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Microcerberidae |
Description
Size: Length 0.8 – 1.0 mm.
Body linear, cylindrical and vermiform, with colorless cephalon and 10 visible segments. Segments II-IV are narrower than the rest. Antennule 10-jointed, with 2 terminal plumose setae on fourth segment. Antenna 6-jointed, with plumose setae on first, second and fourth segments and an aesthete on last segment. Mandible with four teeth. Carpus of each pereiopod with a single plumose seta on the distal edge. Male pleopod II bears an elongate endopodite terminating in a hyaline membrane sustained by a chitinous structure. Endopod of uropod twice longer than the basis, with four sensory plumose setae. Sluggish in habits.
Size: Length 0.8 – 1.0 mm.
Body linear, cylindrical and vermiform, with colorless cephalon and 10 visible segments. Segments II-IV are narrower than the rest. Antennule 10-jointed, with 2 terminal plumose setae on fourth segment. Antenna 6-jointed, with plumose setae on first, second and fourth segments and an aesthete on last segment. Mandible with four teeth. Carpus of each pereiopod with a single plumose seta on the distal edge. Male pleopod II bears an elongate endopodite terminating in a hyaline membrane sustained by a chitinous structure. Endopod of uropod twice longer than the basis, with four sensory plumose setae. Sluggish in habits.
Synonym (s)
• Microcerberus anfindicus Meesana, Argano and Baldari, 1978
• Microcerberus anfindicus Meesana, Argano and Baldari, 1978
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Sandy
Habitat: Sandy
Biogeography
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA (Record: 7/3/1983)
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA (Record: 8/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep, Agatti INDIA (Record: 8/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep, Bangaram INDIA (Record: 10/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• MALDIVES
• SOMALIA
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA (Record: 7/3/1983)
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA (Record: 8/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep, Agatti INDIA (Record: 8/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep, Bangaram INDIA (Record: 10/2/1987)
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• MALDIVES
• SOMALIA
Literature Source(s)
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Rao, GC (1991) Meiofauna State fauna series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep ZSI, Calcutta 41-135 Available at - NIO, Goa
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