Scolecodes rectus Kim & Boxshall 2020, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Kim, Il-Hoi, Boxshall, Geoff A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Cyclopoida; Notodelphyidae; Scolecodes; Scolecodes rectus; Heard Island; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422163; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6422163

Scolecodesrectus sp. nov. (Figs. 408, 409) Type material. Holotype ♀ (dissected and mounted on a slide, MNHN-IU-2014-21438) from Boltenia hirta Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1977 (Type MNHN-IT-2008-1485 = MNHN S2/BOL.A/7), SW of Heard Island (55°49.5’S, 69°35.7’E), depth 4200-4225 m, MNHN coll., 11 April 1974. Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin rect (=straight), alluding to the linear body of the female of the new species. Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 408A) elongate, cylindrical, straight, consisting of prosome and small unsegmented abdomen: bodylength 6.21 mm; maximum body width 0.86 mm in middle of prosome. Cephalosome (Fig. 408B) small, articulated from metasome, narrowing anteriorly. Metasome with 4 original pedigerous somites defined by incomplete dorsal sutures.Anteriorpart of body from rostrum tolevel of leg 4 occupying about 30% of total body length; legs 1–4 separated by equal intervals. Fourth pedigeroussomiteexpandedposteriorly, incorporatingfifth pedigerous somite and forming brood ... : 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 605-608, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138 ...