Grice and Hulsemann, 1968
Short Description:
Pseudochirella limata is an aetideid calanoid copepod known after female ( 7.33 mm in length) from the south-eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomic Description:
Female. (Description and figures after Grice and Hulsemann (1968) with modifications). Total length 7.33 mm. Posterior Th5 corners rounded, covering half the length of genital segment; left one with very small spine (lateral view). Genital segment with moderate ventral swelling (lateral view), nearly symmetrical (dorsal view), more widened anteriorly. A1 reaching the end of caudal rami. Re P1 incompletely 3-segmented (Re2 and Re3 incompletely separated). Ri P2 2-segmented. P4 coxopodite with 16 grouped spines.
Male unknown.
Vertical distribution:
The species was found in total haul from 3800 m (Grice and Hulsemann, 1968).
Geographical distribution:
The species is known of the type locality only.
Type locality: the south-eastern part of the Pacific Ocean: 30°59'S 92°28'W.
Material examined:
The species absent in the collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.