Acartia clausi

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Sub-Phylum: 
Crustacea
Order: 
Calanoida
Family: 
Acartiidae
Genus: 
Acartia
Species: 
clausi
Authority: 
Giesbrecht 1889

Diagnosis

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION: Is this species reproducing sexuality ?= YES
Gender, sexual dimorphism: Male, Female
Sexual reproduction mode: Allogamy (cross-fertilization)

DEVELOPMENTAL & RESTING STAGES:
Result of the gamete fusion (eggs), MORPHOLOGY: Unicellular. Motility: not motile. ECOLOGY: Substrate: Water.

Larva (metazoan): Nauplius I, Nauplius II, Nauplius III, Nauplius IV, Nauplius V, Nauplius VI (series of molt). MORPHOLOGY: Multicellular (including colony), Metazoan. Motility: motile, Active swimming. Feeding behavior: Predator/Grazer. ECOLOGY: Substrate: Water.

Juvenile: Copepodit I, Copepodit II, Copepodit III, Copepodit IV, Copepodit V, Copepodit VI (series of molt). MORPHOLOGY: Multicellular (including colony), Metazoan. Motility: motile, Active swimming. Feeding behavior: Predator/Grazer. ECOLOGY: Substrate: Water.

Adult (metazoan). Male and female look similar but males have a clasper. MORPHOLOGY: Multicellular (including colony), Metazoan. Motility: motile, Active swimming. Feeding behavior: Predator/Grazer. ECOLOGY: Substrate: Water.

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Ellobiopsis chattoni SOMLIT Marseille station in the Bay of Marseille F. Gomez, Lopez-Garcia, P., Nowaczyk, A., et Moreira, D., « The crustacean parasites Ellobiopsis Caullery, 1910 and Thalassomyces Niezabitowski, 1913 form a monophyletic divergent clade within the Alveolata », Systematic Parasitology, vol. 74, nᵒ 1, p. 65 - 74, 2009.
Paradinium poucheti Banyuls-sur-mer E. Chatton, « Paradinium Poucheti, n. g., n. sp., flagellé parasite d'Acartia clausi Giesbrecht (copépode pélagique) », Comptes rendus des séances de la Société de Biologie, vol. T. LXIX, p. 341-342, 1910.
Paradinium poucheti Roscoff E. Chatton et Soyer, M. - O., « Le cycle évolutif du Paradinium poucheti Chatton, flagellé parasite plasmodial des copépodes. Les Paradinides. », Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Biologie Animale, vol. 12eme série, nᵒ Tome 15, p. 27-60, 1973.
Actinodinium apsteini E. Chatton et Hovasse, R., « Actinodinium apsteini, n. g., n. sp., peridinien parasite entérocoelomique des Arcartia (copépodes) », Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, vol. 79, p. 24-29, 1938.