Schizoproctus magnus Kim & Boxshall 2021, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Kim, Il-Hoi, Boxshall, Geoff A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Cyclopoida; Ascidicolidae; Schizoproctus; Schizoproctus magnus; Antarc*; Antarctic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5047108; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5047108

Schizoproctus magnus sp. nov. (Figs. 65, 66) Type material. Holotype ♀ (MNHN-IU-2018-1976, dissected and mounted on 2 slides) from myura bçuvetensẚs Michaelsen, 1904 (MNHN-IT-2008-7430 = MNHN S2 / PYU/450); Antarctic, Terre Adélie, CEAMARC cruise, RV “Aurore Australis”, Stn 31EV268 (66°35´S, 145°01´E), depth 429-451 m, IPEV-AAD-MNHN coll., 03 January 2008. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin magn (=large), referring to the large body size. Description of female. Body (Fig. 65A, B) large, slender, 4.88 mm long; maximum width 1.03 mm. Anterior part of body unsegmented, with weak constriction dorsally and laterally between cephalosome and remaining part; legs 5 directed laterally, perpendicular to body axis. Posterior part of body narrower and slightly shorter than anterior part, not articulated from anterior part, gradually narrowing posteriorly, consisting of genital and abdomen of 6 annulations; annulations indistinct or separated by constrictions. Caudal ramus (Fig. 65C) as long as wide ... : Published as part of Kim, Il-Hoi & Boxshall, Geoff A., 2021, Copepods (Cyclopoida) associated with ascidian hosts: Ascidicolidae, Buproridae, Botryllophilidae, and Enteropsidae, with descriptions of 84 new species, pp. 1-286 in Zootaxa 1 on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4978.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4820443 ...