Schizoproctus fusiformis 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 fusiformis; Norway; Tromsø; Charcot; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5047115; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5047115

Schizoproctus fusiformis sp. nov. (Figs. 69, 70) Type material. Holotype ♀ (MNHN-IU-2018-1978, dissected and mounted on a slide) from mçlycarpa fẚbrçsa (Stimpson, 1852); off Tromsø, Norway, NORBI Cruise, RV “Jean Charcot”, Stn CP 11 trawl, (69°52’N, 17°08’E), depth 250-300 m, Bouchet & Warén coll., 01 July 1975. Etymology. The specific name refers to the fusiform anterior part of body of the new species. Description of female. Body (Fig. 69A) straight, with fusiform anterior part and narrower posterior part; body length 1.40 mm. Anterior part 800×440 μm, not segmented, but cephalosome and 4 metasomal somites discernible by weak cephalic shield and 4 dorsal tergites. Fifth pedigerous somite not defined from fourth pedigerous somite. Posterior part of body consisting of genital somite and 4-segmented abdomen. Genital somite 250×220 μm, gradu- ally narrowing posteriorly; genital apertures positioned dorsally. Four abdominal somites 82×131, 90×118, 77×105, and 122×98 μm, respectively. Caudal ramus (Fig. 69B) ... : 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 pages 109-112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4978.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4820443 ...