Notoixys planiceps Kim & Boxshall 2020, gen. et sp. nov. ...
Notoixys planiceps gen. et sp. nov. (Figs. 346, 347) Typematerial. Holotype (intact ♀, MNHN-IU-2014- 21392), paratypes (3 intact ♀♀, MNHN-IU-2014-21393), and dissected paratypes (2 ♀♀, figured) from Aplidium cyaneum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1983 (MNHN-IT-2008-295 = MNHNA 1/ APL.B/129), Cruise El...
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| Summary: | Notoixys planiceps gen. et sp. nov. (Figs. 346, 347) Typematerial. Holotype (intact ♀, MNHN-IU-2014- 21392), paratypes (3 intact ♀♀, MNHN-IU-2014-21393), and dissected paratypes (2 ♀♀, figured) from Aplidium cyaneum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1983 (MNHN-IT-2008-295 = MNHNA 1/ APL.B/129), Cruise Eltanin 32, Stn 2127, Antarctic Peninsula (71°23’S, 171°36’E), depth 515-521 m, SOSC coll., 13 February 1968. Etymology. The specific name of the new species is derived from the combination of the Latin plan (=flat) and ceps (=head), alluding to the flattened cephalosome. Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 346A) robust, 1.37 mmlong. Prosome 1.14 mmlong: dorsalcephalic shield dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 346A), expanded ventrally, tapering anteriorly in dorsal view towards angularanterior apex, andwithpairedhorn-likeprocesses posterolaterally (Fig. 346B). Metasome swollen, unsegmented, 1.7 times longer than dorsoventral depth, with arched dorsal margin and straight ventral margin. Freeurosome (Fig. 346C) small, ... : 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 520-523, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ... |
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