Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata)AuthorKim, Il-Hoi0000-0002-7332-0043Korea 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 - 0043ihkim@gwnu.ac.krAuthorBoxshall, Geoff A.0000-0002-7332-0043Korea 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 - 0043ihkim@gwnu.ac.krtextMegataxa20202020-12-244116http://zoobank.org/3fdd970e-62f1-4f67-8cce-10870bdb3c01journal article5409710.11646/megataxa.4.1.17c9bc39d-9910-46f1-9558-c0647b9cbbdb2703-30904591138
Genus
NotodelphyopsisSchellenberg, 1922Diagnosis
. Female body with internal brood pouch extending from anterior margin of fourth pedigerous somite backwards and incorporating fused fifth pedigerous somite. Free urosome 4-segmented in female consisting of genital double-somite and 3 free abdominal somites. Urosome 6-segmented in male. Rostrum well-developed, variable in form. Female antennule typically elongate and comprising 7 or 8 expressed segments, but with maximum of 10 segments (
Fig. 30
); segmental fusion pattern for 7-segmented antennule: I-II, III-XI, XII-XIV, XV-XVI, XVII-XX, XXI-XXIII, XXIV-XXVIII. Male antennule typically 9- or 10-segmented; non-geniculate; segmental fusion pattern of 10-segmented antennule I-II, III-XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV-XVI, XVII, XVIII-XX, XXI-XXIII, XXIV-XXVIII. Antenna typically consisting of coxa, basis, first endopodal segment with or without inner seta, and compound distal segment (representing fused second and third ancestral segments) bearing terminal claw; some species with allobasis (comprising basis plus first endopodal segment fused); exopod represented by 2 setae.
Mandible with well developed coxal gnathobase and biramous palp armed with 1 seta on basis, 5 setae on exopod, and 2-segmented endopod typically with 2 and 8 (rarely 10)setaeonfirstandsecond segments, respectively. Maxillule with 9 setae on arthrite, 1 on coxal endite, 2 on epipodite, and 3 or 4 onmedial margin of basis; exopod unsegmented with 4 setae distally; endopod 2-segmented or unsegmented, armed with total of 5 or 6 setae. Maxilla 5-segmented with 9 setaeonsyncoxa (enditic formula 3, 1, 2, 3); basiswith 3 setae (including 1 claw-like element); 3-segmented endopod with setal formula 1 1, 3. Maxilliped 3-segmented; first segment typically armed with 9 setae; secondsegment unarmed and typically with bulbous swelling distally; third segment with 2 or 3 setae. Legs 1–4 biramous with 3-segmented rami; armature formula typically:
Coxa
Basis Exopod Endopod
Leg 1
0-1
1-I
I-0/1; I-1; III, I, 40-1; 0-1; 1, 2, 3
Legs 2 &
30-0/
11-0
I-0/1; I-1; III, I, 50-1; 0-2; 1, 2, 3
Leg 4
0-0/1
1-0
I-0/1; I-1; II/III, I, 50-1; 0-2; 1, 2, 2
Leg 5 consisting of 2 papillae each bearing single setal element; inner, exopodal papilla rarely expressed as small free segment.Typespecies
.
NotodelphyopsisfalciferaSchellenberg, 1922
, by original monotypy.
Remarks
. The original diagnosis of
Notodelphyopsis
was remarkably brief: “antennule 8-segmented, long and slender, proximal segments not swollen. Limbs short. Other characters like
Paranotodelphys
.” Currently these two genera are distinguished from each other by the segmentation of the free urosome which is 5- segmented in female
Paranotodelphys
and 4-segmented in
Notodelphyopsis
. The genus
Notodelphyopsis
currently comprises the
type
species, plus
N. perplexaIllg, 1958
and two species originally described as species of
Paranotodelphys
and here transferred to
Notodelphyopsis
as
N. illgi
(
Marchenkov & Boxshall, 2003
)
comb. nov.
and
N. unguifer
(Kim & Moon, 2010)
comb
.
nov
.
(see above).