NATIONAL BIORESOURCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Dept. of Biotechnology Government of India, New Delhi MARINE BIORESOURCES FORMS DATA ENTRY: Form- 1(general ) (please answer only relevant fields;add additional fields if you require) Fauna : Flora Microorganisms General Category : Invertebrata (Zooplankton), Copepoda For office use: Scientific name &Authority : Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus) 1863 Common Name ( if available) : Synonyms: Author(s) Status Classification: Phylum: Arthropoda Super Class : Super Order: Gymnoplea Super Family: Genus : Pleuromamma Sub- Phylum Class : Crustacea Order: Calanoida (Sars1903) Family : Metridiidae Species : gracilis Sub- Class: Copepoda (Milne-Edwards,1840) Sub Order : Sub-Family: Authority: Claus Reference No. : Claus, C.1863. Die Frielenbenden Copepoden mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. Leipzig, Engelmann. 230p. 37pls Geographical Location: Tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Rare in the Pacific Ocean (occurring in various parts of the sub tropical zone, near New Zealand, and the southern Kuriles). Latitude: 25 N to 30 S Longitude: 20 E to 120 E Place: Indian Ocean State:
Environment Fresh water: Yes/ No Habitat : Marine Salinity : Brackish : Yes/ No Migrations : Temperature : Salt water : Yes / No Depth range : Picture (scanned images or photographs of adult / larval stages) Pleuromamma gracilis After Farran, 1948 (Fig. a) and after Brodskii, 1950 (Figs. b, c, d & e) Female: a dorsal view; b urosome; c leg 5. Male: d urosome; e leg 5.
DATA ENTRY FORM: Form- 2(Fish / shellfish / others ) Ref.No.: (please answer only relevant fields ; add additional fields if you require) Form 1 Ref.No.: IMPORTANCE Landing statistics (t/y) : from to Place : Ref. No.: Main source of landing: Yes/ No Coast: east/ west Importance to fisheries: Main catching method : Used for aquaculture : yes/ never/ rarely Used as bait : yes/no/ occasionally Aquarium fish : yes/ no/ rarely Game fish : yes/ no Dangerous fish : poisonous/ harmful/ harmless Bioactivity : locally known/ reported/ not known Details: Period of availability : Throughout the year yes/ no If no, months: SALIENT FEATURES : Morphological: Diagnostic characteristics: Female: Pigment spot on right side. Proximal joints of 1 st antenna bearing small low denticles. Fifth pair of legs 2 jointed (with one free joint); distal joint with three terminal spines and two thin outer spines. Male: Pigment spot on right side. Left antennule geniculate. Proximal joint of endopodite of 2 nd pair of legs bearing denticles on right side only. Distal joint of right leg of 5 th pair elongate, slightly less widened than in the preceding forms; penultimate joint of same leg bearing curved process with double row of blunt tubercles. Sex attributes: Descriptive characters:
Meristic characteristics: Feeding habit: Main food : Feeding type : Additional remarks: Size and age: Maximum length (cm) (male / female/ unsexed) Female: 1.60-2.55 mm Male : 1.51-2.25 mm Average length (cm) (male / female / unsexed) Maximum weight : (g) (male / female / unsexed) Average weight :(g) (male / female / unsexed) Longevity (y) (wild) : (captivity ) Length / weight relationalships: K.A. Brodskii, 1950
Eggs and larvae: Characteristics: Abundance: Biochemical aspects: Proximate analysis: moisture/ fat/ protein/ carbohydrate/ash Electrophoresis: SPAWNING INFORMATION: Locality: Season: Fecundity: Comment: MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (INDIAN): (include review articles, monographs, books etc.) Ref. No.: Ref. No. Ref. No. Main Ref: Madhupratap, M. and P. Haridas, 1986. Epipelagic calanoid copepods of the Northern Indian Ocean. OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, 9 (2): 105-117. Saraswathy, M., 1986. Pleuromamma (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Indian Ocean. Mahasagar Bull. Of the Nat. Inst. Oceanogr. 19: 185-201. LIST OF INDIAN EXPERTS (Name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.) Dr. P.Haridas Scientist National Institute Of Oceanography Regional Centre, Kochi 682 014 Phone 2390814. E mail-hari@niokochi.org Dr. M.Madhupratap Scientist BOD, National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula, Goa-403 004. Phone 2221322 E mail- madhu@csnio.ren.nic.in Dr. M. Saraswathy Maruthuvallil House Pallikkal P.O Kattanam Kayamkulam Kerala ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: (List of persons who contributed, modified or checked information)