A revision of the genus Arenopontia Kunz, 1937 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Arenopontiidae), including the description of five new species
Author
Sak, Serdar
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Türkiye.
Author
Karaytuğ, Süphan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mersin University, Mersin, Türkiye.
Author
Huys, Rony
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-04
5433
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.1
1175-5326
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Arenopontia subterranea
Kunz, 1937
sensu
Rao (1991)
Rao (1991)
provided a brief text description based on
two specimens
(body length 300–320 μm; no sex specified) collected from medium coralline sand near the mid-water level of lagoon beaches on Kavaratti and Agatti,
Lakshadweep
(
India
). He claimed that his material showed minor variations with
Kunz’s (1937)
description in the armature of the body appendages, in particular the shape of the modified setae on P1 exp-3 and the distal endopod segment of P2 and P4.
Rao (1991)
also stated that the antennary exopod carried two setae, a unique character within the
Arenopontiidae
(see also
Arlt 1983
:
Fig. 17
). Without any illustrations given, the authenticity of this record cannot be confirmed.