Acanthochondria cyclopsetta Pearse 1952 ...

• Main Authors: Tang, Danny, Kalman, Julianne E., Ho, Ju-Shey
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Poecilostomatoida; Chondracanthidae; Acanthochondria; Acanthochondria cyclopsetta; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6198871; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6198871

Acanthochondria cyclopsetta Pearse, 1952 (Figs 1–4) Material examined. 3 Ψ and 3 ɗ [1 Ψ with attached ɗ, 1 Ψ with 2 attached ɗ, and 1 Ψ without attached ɗ] (CASIZ 180282), ex branchial cavity wall of 1 Cyclopsetta fimbriata (Goode & Bean) (170.2 mm SL; CAS Fish Catalogue No. SU 49886), from the northwest Atlantic Ocean (32°26΄N, 79°13΄W), off the coast of South Carolina, U.S.A., 4 February, 1940. Redescription of adult female. Body (Figs 1 A–B) divided into head, short neck, and large trunk. Total body length (from anterior margin of head to distal end of posterior processes on trunk) 5.67 mm; trunk width 2.33 mm (n = 1). Head composed of cephalosome only, about as long as wide. Neck region composed of first and second pedigers, former proportionately smaller than latter. Trunk composed of pedigers 3 and 4, delimited anteriorly from neck by transverse constriction, with pronounced mid-lateral constriction and pair of posterolateral processes; latter about 1.70 times as long as genito-abdomen. ... : Published as part of Tang, Danny, Kalman, Julianne E. & Ho, Ju-Shey, 2010, Acanthochondria cyclopsetta Pearse, 1952 and A. alleni n. sp. (Copepoda; Cyclopoida; Chondracanthidae) from flatfish hosts of the U. S. A., with comments on the taxonomic position of A. zebriae Ho, Kim & Kumar, 2000 and A. bicornis Shiino, 1955 and the validity of Pterochondria Ho, 1973, pp. 18-32 in Zootaxa 2657 on pages 19-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198947 ...