GENUS: NANNOCALANUS Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fused in male and female. Otherwise very similar to Calanus. Right and left spermathecae fused on female genital segment. Male antenna 1 segments 1-2, 3-5, 24-25 fused. Male right leg 5 like other swimming legs, i.e., with setae on the inner border of the exopod, left endopod without setae, left exopod with outer edge spines greatly elongated.
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 : Nannocalanus minor (Claus) 1863 Common Name ( if available) : Synonyms: Author(s) Cetochilus minor Claus Calanus valgus Brady Calanus minor Giesbrecht Calanus appressus Dahl Calanus caroli Wolfenden Undinula caroli Sewell Nannocalanus minor Sars Status 1863 1883 1888 1894 1905 1912 1925 Classification: Phylum: Arthropoda Super Class : Sub- Phylum Class : Crustacea Sub- Class: Copepoda (Milne-Edwards,1840) Sub Order : Super Order: Gymnoplea Order: Order: Calanoida (Sars1903) Super Family: Genus : Nannocalanus Family : Calanidae Species : minor 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: This species is an inhabitant of all tropical and subtropical oceans. Latitude: 25 N to 40 S Place: Indian Ocean Longitude: 20 E to 130 E State:
Environment Fresh water: Yes/ No Habitat : Marine Salinity : >30%o Brackish : Yes/ No Migrations : Temperature : Salt water : Yes / No Depth range : Epipelagic Picture (scanned images or photographs of adult / larval stages) Nannocalanus minor (After Bradford-Grieve, 1994) Female: A lateral view, B leg 5. Male: C lateral view, D 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: Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fused. Right and left spermathecae fused on female genital segment. Male: Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fused. Male right leg 5 like other swimming legs i.e with setae on the inner border of the exopod, left endopod without setae, left exopod with outer edge spines greatly elongated. Caudal rami divergent in dorsal view. On leg 5 the longest of the inner edge setae on the right endopod segment 3 extends to the distal border of right exopod segment 3. Sex attributes: Descriptive characters:
Meristic characteristics: Feeding habit: Main food : Feeding type : Additional remarks: Male right leg 5 with the longest terminal endopod setae extending beyond the distal border of right exopod segment 3. Size and age: Maximum length (cm) (male / female/ unsexed) Females: 1.80-2.25 mm Males : 1.20-1.80 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: Bradford Grieve, 1994
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: Sewell, R.B.S., 1912. Notes on the surface living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, II and I. Records of the Indian Museum 7: 313-382, pls. 14-24. Stephen, R., 1998. Geographical variation in the distribution of different calanoid species in the Indian Ocean. Pelagic Biogeography, ICOPB II, IOC Workshop Report 142: 338-344. LIST OF INDIAN EXPERTS (Name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.) Dr. Rosamma Stephen Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre, Kochi 682 014 Phone: 2390814, Res 2203087 Email rosa@niokochi.org 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 221322 E mail- madhu@csnio.ren.nic.in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: (List of persons who contributed, modified or checked information)
GENUS: NEOCALANUS Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fused or separate. Male antenna 1 may have segments 24 and 25 fused. Male, sometimes female, mouthparts reduced. Maxilla 2 with 6 setae on inner lobe 1. Swimming leg 2 in both sexes, with a recurved spine at the outer distal border of exopod segment 1. Basipod segment 1 of leg 5 with inner border naked in both sexex. Male leg 5 with both rami 3-segmented; left leg modified, endopod usually with 8 setae; right leg unmodified, or with inner edge setae of exopod segment.
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 : Neocalanus gracilis Dana, 1849 Common Name ( if available) : Synonyms: Author(s) Calanus gracilis Dana Cyclopsina longicornis Dana Hemicalanus longicornis Dana Cetochilus longiremis Claus Calanus longiremis Brady &Robertson Calanus americanus Megacalanus gracilis A.Scott Neocalanus gracilis Sars Classification: Status 1849 1849 1853 1863 1876 1887 1909 1925 Phylum: Arthropoda Super Class : Super Order: Gymnoplea Sub- Phylum Class : Crustacea Order: Order: Calanoida (Sars1903) Family : Calanidae Species : gracilis Sub- Class: Copepoda (Milne-Edwards,1840) Sub Order : Super Family: Sub-Family: Genus : Neocalanus Authority: Dana Reference No. Dana, J.D., 1849. Conspectus Crustaceorum, in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, C.Wilkes, e classe Republicae Foederatae duce, collectorum. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science. 2. Geographical Location: This species is wide spread in tropical, subtropical and temperate oceans. Latitude: 25 N to 40 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) Neocalanus gracilis (After Bradford-Grieve, 1994) Female: A lateral view, B leg 1, C leg 2, D leg 5. Male: E dorsal view, F 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: Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fused. Leg 1 terminal exopod seta with a proximally truncate external blade, basipod segment 2 with a large spine at the base of the inner stea. Male: Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 fusesd. Antenna 1 with segment 25 very small and fused to segment 24. Legs 2 4 distal exopod segments with dentate outer margins. Right leg 5 distal exopod segment with setae on the inner border. Sex attributes: Descriptive characters:
Meristic characteristics: Feeding habit: Main food : Feeding type : Additional remarks: Size and age: Maximum length (cm) (male / female/ unsexed) Females: 2.43-4.00 mm Males : 2.30-3.10 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: Bradford Grieve, 1994
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.) Sewell, R. B. S., 1929. Copepoda of the Indian Seas. Mem. Ind. Mus. X. Ref. No.: Ref. No. Ref. No. Main Ref: Stephen, R., 1998. Geographical variation in the distribution of different calanoid species in the Indian Ocean. Pelagic Biogeography, ICOPB II, IOC Workshop Report 142: 338-344. Madhupratap, M. and P. Haridas, 1986. Epipelagic calanoid copepods of the Northern Indian Ocean. OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, 9: 105-117. LIST OF INDIAN EXPERTS (Name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: (List of persons who contributed, modified or checked information)
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 Scientific name &Authority : Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht), 1888 Common Name ( if available) : Synonyms: Calanus robustior Calanus comptus Megacalanus robustior Calanus robustus Neocalanus robustior Author(s) Giesbrecht T.Scott A.Scott G.O.Sars Sars Status 1888 1894 1909 1912 1925 Classification: Phylum: Arthropoda Super Class : Super Order: Gymnoplea Sub- Phylum Class : Crustacea Order: Order: Calanoida (Sars1903) Family : Calanidae Species : robustior For office use: Sub- Class: Copepoda (Milne-Edwards,1840) Sub Order : Super Family: Sub-Family: Genus : Neocalanus Authority: Giesbrecht Reference No. Giesbrecht, W., 1888. Elenco dei copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello G. Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta Vettor Pisani negli anni 1882-1885, e dal tenente di vascello F. orisini nel Mar Rosso nel 1884 Atti Accad. Lincei Roma., 4: 2 Sem. 1888. Geographical Location: This species is widely distributed in the Indo Pacific, Maldive Archipelago and East Pacific. Latitude: 25 N to 40 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) Neocalanus robustior (AfterT.Mori, 1964) A - Female, B female abdomen (lateral view), C female 5th leg anterior, D female 1 st leg anterior.
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: Copepodid Stage V. Female: The proportional lengths of the cephalothorax and the abdomen are as 47.5 to 12, the length of the abdomen is thus contained 3.95 times in that of the anterior part of the body. The prosome and1st pedigerous segment are partly fused, on the dorsal surface and a line of separation is distinctly visible. The 4 th and 5 th pedigerous segment are separated, the lateral thoracic margin is rounded in lateral aspect and not produced. The frontal part of the head is rounded and has two slender rostral filaments. The abdomen in this stage consists of 4 free segments and the furca. There is no trace of a genital swelling on the 1 st abdominal segment. The 1 st antenna has 24 free joints, the 8 th and 9 th joints are completely fused. It reaches beyond the tip of the furca by the last 5-6 joints. The mouth parts and the 2 nd antenna are very little different from those of the adult female. The 2 nd maxilla shows a distinct knob on the external margin of the 1 st basal joint, which is a specific character, distinguishing Neocalanus robustior in this stage from N. gracilis. Sex attributes: Descriptive characters:
Meristic characteristics: Feeding habit: Main food : Feeding type : Additional remarks: Size and age: Maximum length (cm) (male / female/ unsexed) Female Copepodid stage V: 2.78 2.98 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: Vervoort, 1946
Eggs and larvae: Characteristics: Abundance: Ref. No.: Biochemical aspects: Proximate analysis: moisture/ fat/ protein/ carbohydrate/ash Ref. No. Electrophoresis: Ref. No. SPAWNING INFORMATION: Locality: Main Ref: Season: Fecundity: Comment: MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (INDIAN): (include review articles, monographs, books etc.) Wolfenden, R.N., 1905. Notes on the collection of Copepoda.Pp.989-1040 in Stanley Gardiner, J.S.(ed.) The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge. 1079p. Madhupratap, M. and P. Haridas, 1986. Epipelagic calanoid copepods of the Northern Indian Ocean. OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, 9: 105-117. Stephen, R., 1998. Geographical variation in the distribution of different calanoid species in the Indian Ocean. Pelagic Biogeography, ICOPB II, IOC Workshop Report 142: 338-344. LIST OF INDIAN EXPERTS (Name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.) Dr. Rosamma Stephen Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre, Kochi 682 014 Phone: 2390814, Res 2203087 Email rosa@niokochi.org 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: (List of persons who contributed, modified or checked information)
GENUS: MESOCALANUS Prosome and pedigerous segment 1 separate. Antenna 1 with segments 8 and 9 fused in female; segments 3 to 5, 7 and 8, 9 and 10 fused in the male. Male mouth parts reduced. Maxilla 2 with 6 setae on inner lobe 1. Swimming legs 1-4 without modification or ornamentation. Leg 5 basipod 1 with a smooth inner border in both sexes. Female leg 5 endopod with 7 setae. Male leg 5 with both rami 3-segmented, endopods with 7 setae.
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 Scientific name &Authority : Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana), 1849 Common Name ( if available) : Synonyms: Calanus tenuicornis Neocalanus tenuicornis Author(s) Dana Sars Status 1849 1925 Classification: Phylum: Arthropoda Super Class : Super Order: Gymnoplea Sub- Phylum Class : Crustacea Order: Order: Calanoida (Sars1903) Family : Calanidae Species : tenuicornis Sub- Class: Copepoda (Milne-Edwards,1840) Sub Order : Super Family: Sub-Family: Genus : Mesocalanus Authority: Dana Reference No. Dana, J.D., 1849. Conspectus Crustaceorum, in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, C.Wilkes, e classe Republicae Foederatae duce, collectorum. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science. 2. Geographical Location: Wide spread in tropical and subtropical oceans. For office use: Latitude: 20 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) Mesocalanus tenuicornis (After Bradford Grieve,1994) Female: A dorsal view, B lateral view, C leg 5. Male: D dorsal view, 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: Width of metasome relative to its length is about 0.30. In lateral view the posterior margin of the head not elevated. Length of urosome segment 2 relative to urosome segment 3 is about 1.25. Male: Left leg 5 exopod segment 3 terminal spine almost as long as its segment when measured along the outer border. Sex attributes: Descriptive characters:
Meristic characteristics: Feeding habit: Main food : Feeding type : Additional remarks: It appears that the present specimens are referable to M.tenuicornis because of the lack of an elevated postero-dorsal marginof the head, metasome width / length greater than or equal or equal to 0.30, and the length of 2 relative to urosome segment 3 is not as great as 1.33. Male leg 5 exopod segment 3 terminal spine appears to be slightly longer than its segmentmeasured along the outer border. Although Mullin (1969) records an intermediate form from the southern hemisphere the present specimens do not appear to have characteristics of this form. This intermediate form might be designated M.lighti on morphometric grounds except that it lacks the dorsal hump, has the opaque appearance more characteristic of M. tenuicornis, and the male is larger relative to the female than is the case in either M.lighti or M. tenuicornis (Mullin 1969). Size and age: Maximum length (cm) (male / female/ unsexed) Female : 1.80 2.40 mm Male : 1.70 2.20 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: Bradford Grieve, 1994
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: LIST OF INDIAN EXPERTS (Name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: (List of persons who contributed, modified or checked information)