Pertsovius serratus Andronov & Kosobokova, 2011, gen. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Andronov, Vladimir N., Kosobokova, Ksenia N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Calanoida; Discoidae; Pertsovius; Pertsovius serratus; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; canada basin; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6182137; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6182137

Pertsovius serratus gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Figures 7–8) Material examined. Holotype: adult female, dissected, total body length 0.65 mm. ZIN accession number 91100. Collected during the USCGC “ Healy ” Ocean Exploration-05/2 cruise, station 6, Canada Basin (at 74° 07’N, 153° 37’W), 8 July 2005, bottom depth 3850 m, depth of collection 500– 300 m. Species description. Prosome ovoid in dorsal view (Fig. 7: 1), nearly 2.5 times as long as urosome and 2.2 times as long as wide. The first pediger fused to cephalosome, pedigers fourth and fifth fused (Fig. 7: 2). Genital double somite slightly asymmetrical, with appreciable convexity on each side; curvature on right side more pronounced (Fig. 7: 5). Spermathecae visible in ventral view but difficult to see in lateral view. Anterior part of genital complex protruding strongly ventrally, forming thick wide fold, covering middle part of double somite (Fig. 7: 4). Antennule of 24 free segments and extending to proximal border of caudal rami (Fig. 7: 2). Mouthparts as ... : Published as part of Andronov, Vladimir N. & Kosobokova, Ksenia N., 2011, New species of small, bathypelagic calanoid copepods from the Arctic Ocean: Brodskius arcticus sp. nov. (Tharybidae) and three new species of Pertsovius gen. nov. (Discoidae), pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 2809 on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208016 ...