LIFE CYCLE OF PARACYCLOPS 



Fig. 19 Scanning electron micrographs of P. fimbriatus. A, Adult female, anal operculum, lateral; B, adult female, caudal rami showing ornamenta- 

 tion of pits in integument; C, Nauplius II, ventral; D, Adult female, anal operculum, dorsal. Scale bars A = 20 urn, B = 40 um, C = 60 um, D = 25 

 urn. 



exopod with spinular row on distal margin 

 seta formula as follows: 



anteriorly. Spine and 



Coxa 



Basis 



Exopod 



Endopod 



Leg 1 0-1 

 Leg 2 0-1 

 Leg 3 0-1 

 Leg 4 0-1 



1-1 



1-0 

 1-0 

 1-0 



I 1;I-1;III,1,4 

 I 1;I-1;III,I,5 

 I-1;I-1;III,I,5 

 I-1;I-1;II,I,5 



0-l;0-l;l,I,4 

 0-l;0-2; 1,1,4 

 0-l;0-2;l,I,4 

 0-1 ;0-2;l, 11,2 



Leg 5 (Fig. 18C) comprising single free segment, armed with 1 

 well developed outer spinulose seta, 1 strong inner spine 

 ornamented with spinules, and 1 plumose seta in middle. Leg 6 

 (Fig. 18A) represented by 1 naked seta and 1 tiny spinule 

 dorsolaterally. 



Adult male 



Body length: Mean ± standard deviation = 732 ± 47.45 um 

 (range 673 to 769 um, n=10), mean body width 237 ± 7.6 um 



