Nototanoides oliveri, a new sponge-dwelling nototanaid tanaidacean (Crustacea Tanaidomorpha, Tanaidacea) from eastern Gulf of Mexico, with an illustrated taxonomic key, and the first record of harpacticoid copepods within the marsupium of ovigerous female tanaids
Author
Morales-Núñez, Andrés G.
Independent research, Wentzville, MO, United States.
Author
Ramos-Tafur, Gabriel E.
Independent researcher, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-19
5346
3
242
270
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.2
1175-5326
8390019
AFCD0367-B476-46A5-8670-2A9C8AF083AA
Key to the known species (males) of
Nototanoides
1. Pleonites with a lateral row of more than 11 simple setae (
Fig. 16M–N
). .......................................... 2
- Pleonites with a lateral row of less than 11 simple setae (
Fig. 16O–P
)........................................... 3
2. Cheliped basis lacking mid-ventral process (
Fig. 16Q
). Cheliped merus with round ventral process (
Fig. 16Q
)....................................................................................................
N
.
polytrichus
- Cheliped basis with mid-ventral process (
Fig. 16R
). Cheliped merus lacking round ventral process (
Fig. 17R
).................................................................................................
N
.
oliveri
sp. nov.
3. Cheliped carpus with mid-ventral process (
Fig. 16S
). Chela with fixed finger bearing a triangular claw (
Fig. 16S
)...................................................................................................
N
.
ohtsukai
- Cheliped carpus without mid-ventral process (
Fig. 16T
). Chela with fixed finger bearing a rounded tooth (
Fig. 16T
)................................................................................................
N
.
trifurcatus