Notodelphyopsis gemina Kim & Boxshall 2020, sp. nov. ...
Notodelphyopsis gemina sp. nov. (Figs. 55–57) Typematerial. Holotype (intact ♀, MNHN-IU-2009- 5191), paratypes (19 intact ♀♀, MNHN-IU-2014-21232), and dissected paratypes (1 ♀, 1 ♂, figured), from Corella antarctica Sluiter, 1905, Antarctic Ocean (61°26 Ś, 41°55.4 Ẃ), depth 604 m, Eltanin cruise 12,...
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| Summary: | Notodelphyopsis gemina sp. nov. (Figs. 55–57) Typematerial. Holotype (intact ♀, MNHN-IU-2009- 5191), paratypes (19 intact ♀♀, MNHN-IU-2014-21232), and dissected paratypes (1 ♀, 1 ♂, figured), from Corella antarctica Sluiter, 1905, Antarctic Ocean (61°26 Ś, 41°55.4 Ẃ), depth 604 m, Eltanin cruise 12, 12 April 1964. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin gemin (=twin), alluding to the close similarity of the new species to Notodelphyopsis illgi. Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 55A) slender, 1.87 mm long. Cephalosome well-defined, but articulations between pedigeroussomites indistinct: first to third pedigerous somites lacking epimera. Brood pouch variable in form; fifth pedigerous somite completely fused to brood pouch. Free urosome (Fig. 55B) slender, 4-segmented. Genital double-somite (Fig. 55C) 210×149 μm, subdivided dorsally and ventrally by faint, indistinct suture line at anterior third and ornamented with several transverse rows of minute spinules on ventral surface. Three freeabdominal ... : Published as part of Kim, Il-Hoi & Boxshall, Geoff A., 2020, Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata), pp. 1-6 in Megataxa 4 (1) on pages 85-86, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ... |
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