Gunenotophorus spinipes Schellenberg 1922 ...

Gunenotophorus spinipes Schellenberg, 1922 (Figs. 97, 98) Material examined. 1 ♀ (dissected) from Cnemidocarpa nordenskjoldi (Michaelsen, 1898), Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Supplementary description of female. Body (Fig. 97A) not strongly expanded, comprising cephalosome, metasome, and urosome. Bod...

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Main Authors: Kim, Il-Hoi, Boxshall, Geoff A.
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Published: Zenodo 2020
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5699763
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Summary:Gunenotophorus spinipes Schellenberg, 1922 (Figs. 97, 98) Material examined. 1 ♀ (dissected) from Cnemidocarpa nordenskjoldi (Michaelsen, 1898), Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Supplementary description of female. Body (Fig. 97A) not strongly expanded, comprising cephalosome, metasome, and urosome. Bodylength 4.67 mm. Dorsal shield of cephalosome extended ventrally. Metasome unsegmented with convex dorsal margin and traces of 2 suture lines anteriorly on dorsal surface. Urosome (Fig. 97B) 6-segmented, but proximal articulations indistinct between fifth pedigerous and genital somites, and between genital and first abdominal somites. Articulation between third abdominal and anal somites also incomplete. Anal somite expanded posteroventrally into pair of bulbous processes (Fig. 97 B–D). Caudal rami tapering, slightly curved outwards in distal part; 1.8 times longer than wide (250×140 μm), slightly shorter than anal somite (255×345 μm); armed with 3 small spines and 1 seta. Rostrum (Fig. 97E) triangular with blunt ... : 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 148-151, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ...