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
2020-12-24
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journal article
54097
10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1
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Aplodelphys conica
gen. et sp. nov.
(
Fig. 444
)
Typematerial
.
Holotype
(intact
♀
,
MNHN-IU-2014- 21469
)
,
paratypes
(2 intact
♀♀
, MNHN-IU-2014-21470), and dissected
paratype
(
♀
) from
Didemnum rodriguesi
Rocha & Monniot F, 1993
(MNHN-IT-2008-3295 =
MNHNA
2/DID.C/199), Citrons Bay,
New Caledonia
, depth
3-40 m
, Thomassin coll.,
27 March 1987
.
Additionalmaterial
.
2 ♀♀
(MNHN-IU-2018-1916) from the same species of host and same locality as the
typematerial
.
Etymology
. The species name refers to the conical cephalosome of the new species.
Description of female
. Body (
Fig. 444A, B
) cylindrical, consisting of unsegmented prosome and small urosome. Body length 2.29 mm in
holotype
, 1.91 and 2.67 mm in
2 paratypes
; greatest width 0.51 mm across region of leg 1. Body surface ornamented with fine spinules. Cephalosome conical anteriorly. Posterior third of body slightly constricted, with width of 0.44 mm; posteriormargin of prosome rounded. Urosome (
Fig. 444C, D
) small, located at posterior end of prosome, unsegmented, about twice as wide as long. Caudal rami (
Fig. 444C
) tubercle-like, spinulose, positioned on dorsal surface of urosome; lacking caudal setae. Copulatory pore positioned close to apex of urosome (
Fig. 444D
).
Rostrum and antennules absent. Antenna (
Fig. 444E
) small, 2-segmented, positioned at 18% of total body length; first segment (coxobasis) wider than long, unarmed; secondsegment (endopod) slightlylonger than wide; armed with 2 small setae distally plus stout terminal claw, half as long as endopod, with pointed tip.
Labrum (
Fig. 444A, B
) large, conical, directed posteriorly, extendingslightlybeyond tipof leg 1; insertion of labrum at 26% of body length. No mouthparts present. Legs 1 and 2 (
Fig. 444A, B
) biramous with unsegmented, conical, posteriorly-directed rami. Both rami equal in length; rami of leg 2 slightly smaller than those of leg 1. Legs 1 and 2 positioned at 29 and 40% of body length, respectively. Legs 3-5 absent.
FIGURE 444.
Aplodelphys conica
gen. et sp. nov
.
, female. A, habitus, ventral; B, habitus, right; C, urosome, dorsal; D, urosome, ventral; E, antenna. Scale bars: A, B, 0.2 mm; C, D, 0.05 mm; E, 0.01 mm.
Male
. Unknown.