Notoixys ovata Kim & Boxshall 2020, gen. et sp. nov. ...
Notoixys ovata gen. et sp. nov. (Figs. 344, 345) Type material. Holotype ♀ (dissected and mounted on a slide, MNHN-IU-2014-21391) from Aplidium millari Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1994 (Type MNHN-IT-2008- 556 = MNHNA1/APL.B/295), EPOS 3 Stn 235, Weddell Sea, Antarctic Ocean (75°09.1’S, 27°34.7’W),...
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| Summary: | Notoixys ovata gen. et sp. nov. (Figs. 344, 345) Type material. Holotype ♀ (dissected and mounted on a slide, MNHN-IU-2014-21391) from Aplidium millari Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1994 (Type MNHN-IT-2008- 556 = MNHNA1/APL.B/295), EPOS 3 Stn 235, Weddell Sea, Antarctic Ocean (75°09.1’S, 27°34.7’W), depth 407 m, 31 January 1989. Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin ovat (=egg-shaped), referring to the ovate prosome of the new species. Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 344A) straight, slightly depressed, 2.11 mm long. Prosome inflated, oval, 1.76 mm long: greatest width of prosome 1.25 mm, at posterior third. Cephalosome (Fig. 344B) short, defined from metasome; dorsal cephalic shield with paired lateral horn-like processes (Fig. 344C). Metasome lacking any trace of articulation. Free urosome (Fig. 344D) small, indistinctly 5-segmented; articulations between somites obscure, representedbyweakconstrictionsand faintsuture lines. Genital somite short, characteristically bearing short, broad hood-like flap ... : 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 517-520, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ... |
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