Notodelphyopsis deplanata Kim & Boxshall 2020, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Kim, Il-Hoi, Boxshall, Geoff A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Cyclopoida; Notodelphyidae; Notodelphyopsis; Notodelphyopsis deplanata; White Island; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661669; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5661669

Notodelphyopsis deplanata sp. nov. (Figs. 58, 59) Type material. Holotype ♀ (dissected and mounted on a slide, MNHN-IU-2014-21233), from Ascidia ornata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 (MNHN-IT-2008-1160 = MNHN P5/ASC.A/299), CRRFCRCHO 148, Caminguin I., Bohol Sea, the Philippines (9°15.38’N, 124°39.12’E), west side of White Island, offshore sand cay, depth 18 m, 19 April 1997. Etymology. The species name is from the Latin deplanat (= flattened), alluding to its flattened body form. Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 58A) broad, dorsoventrally depressed. Bodylength 1.21 mm; greatest width 0.59 mm across third pedigerous somite. Prosome with parallel lateral margins; prosomites well-sclerotized, ornamented with minute setules on dorsal and lateral surfaces. Cephalosome extended posterolaterally, with strongly concave posterodorsal margin and pointed posterolateral corners. First pedigerous somite overlapped by cephalosome, not visible in dorsal view. Second and third pedigerous somites as wide as cephalosome, ... : 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 89-92, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ...