Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata)
Author
Kim, Il-Hoi
0000-0002-7332-0043
Korea Institute of Coastal Ecology, Inc., 802 - ho, 302 - dong, 397 Seokcheon-ro, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do 14449, Republic of Korea ® ihkim @ gwnu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7332 - 0043
ihkim@gwnu.ac.kr
Author
Boxshall, Geoff A.
0000-0002-7332-0043
Korea Institute of Coastal Ecology, Inc., 802 - ho, 302 - dong, 397 Seokcheon-ro, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do 14449, Republic of Korea ® ihkim @ gwnu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7332 - 0043
ihkim@gwnu.ac.kr
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Megataxa
2020
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journal article
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10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1
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Scaridelphys papillata
gen. et sp. nov.
(
Fig. 441
)
Typematerial
.
Holotype
(intact
♀
,
MNHN-IU-2014- 21465
)
and
paratype
(intact
♀
, MNHN-IU-2014-21466) from
Didemnum poecilomorpha
Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
(Type MNHN-IT-2008-3239 =
MNHNA
2/ DID.C/230), north of
Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
(0l°51.52’N,
125°03.84’E
), depth
40 m
,
20 May 1993
.
Etymology
.Thespecificnamealludes tothepapillate ornamentation of the body and lobate antennules.
Descriptionoffemale
. Body (
Fig. 441A
) elongate, vermiform, cylindrical, consistingof cephalosome, long metasome and small urosome: body length 7.13 mm. Cephalosome (
Fig. 441B, C
) slightly longerthan wide, 0.87 mm wide, snake-head-shaped, gradually broadening posteriorly, but not articulated from metasome. Metasome 0.76 mm wide; posterior quarter slightly narrower than anteriorthree quarters. Bodysurfaces coveredwith minute papillae, denseondorsal andlateral surfaces, and sparseon ventral surface. Copulatory pore present posteroventrally on metasome (
Fig. 441D
). Free abdomen (
Fig. 441D
) small, unsegmented, bilobed, incompletely articulated from metasome, with deep posteromedian incision, each lobe subcircular, as long as wide; both lobes connected at base. Caudal rami and caudal setae absent.
Rostrum absent.Antennule(
Fig.441B, C
)represented bylargesphericallobe, coveredwithpapillae,butunarmed. Antenna absent. Labrum (
Fig. 441B
) positioned posterior to antennule, strongly tapering towards blunt apex, surface covered with papillae. One pair of minute lobes (
Fig. 441B, E
), probably vestigial mandibles, positioned lateral to labrum. Other mouthparts absent. Legs absent.
Male
. Unknown.
Remarks
. This is a relatively large species, with a total body length of 7.13 mm, which is markedly larger than its congener described below.