Zvereva, 1976
Short Description:
Pseudochirella accepta is an aetideid calanoid copepod known after female (7.2-7.6 mm in length) from the north-western part of the Pacific Ocean, mainly abyssopelagic.
Taxonomic Description:
Female. Total length 7.20-7.60 mm. Cephalothorax about 3.5 times longer than abdomen. Th5 posterior corners prolonged into slightly asymmetrical (dorsal view), triangular (lateral view) lobes. Genital segment asymmetrical with projections on the right and on the left sides (dorsal view) in the anterior part of segment. Abd1-3 with hairs scattered over segments surface. A1 24-segmented, reaching nearly Abd3. Re1 A2 without setae, Re2 A2 with distal seta only, Ri1 A2 with 2 setae. Ri1 Md with 3 setae, Ri2 Md with 9 long terminal and 2 posterior short setae. Oral parts typical of the genus. Separation between Re1 and Re2 P1 complete. P4 coxopodite with 13-14 spines, otherwise swimming legs typical of the genus.
Male unknown.
Vertical distribution:
Abyssopelagic species; found in hauls from abyssal depths (Markhaseva, 1996), and also in total hauls from depths of more than 1500 m.
Geographical distribution:
The Bering Sea, the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench area (Markhaseva, 1996). Recorded from the Bering Sea by Motoda and Minoda (1974) in reality, P. spectabilis , probably prove P. accepta.
Type locality: The Bering Sea: 55°05'N 171°06'E .
Material examined:
6 females from samples: 8, 102, 103, 124, 193, 197. See examined samples module.
Holotype: female, N 1/59138; 55°05'N 171°06'E; 20 August 1950; R/V "Vitjaz", stratum of sampling 1600-0 m.