Open AccessRECORD OF THE FAMILY CALANIDAE (COPEPODA : CALANOIDA) WITH NOTES ON ITS MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN INDONESIA WATERS
Author(s) -
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
berkala penelitian hayati (journal of biological researchers)/berkala penelitian hayati
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2337-389X
pISSN - 0852-6834
DOI - 10.23869/bphjbr.4.2.19994
Subject(s) - calanoida , taxonomy (biology) , biology , zoology , geography , ecology , oceanography , crustacean , geology , copepod
Some species of calanoid copepods of the family Calanidae inhabit surface or moderately deep waters, and provide excellent material for zoogeographic investigations. Very few studies on the taxonomy and morphological variability of the family Calanidae from Indonesian waters have been carried out. The present paper deals with relevant information on description and illustrations of five calanid species from the region. Five of previously known species, i.e., Canthocalanus pauper (Giebrecth, 1888); Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849); Casmocalanus darwini (Lubbock, 1860); Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849); and Calanoides philippinensis (Kitou & Tanaka, 1969) have been recorded. Descriptions, measurements and figures are given for all these species, along with a review of their distribution over the world's oceans, and with taxonomic remarks, morphological variability, and synonymies.