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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http://zoobank.org/3fdd970e-62f1-4f67-8cce-10870bdb3c01
journal article
54097
10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1
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2703-3090
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Cystixys globosa
gen. et sp. nov.
(
Fig. 348–350
)
Typematerial
.
Holotype
(intact
♀
,
MNHN-IU-2009- 2469
)
,
paratypes
(2 intact
♀♀
, MNHN-IU-2014-21394), and dissected
paratypes
(
2 ♀♀
, figured), each from membranous cyst in globular gall in
Eudistoma illotum
(Sluiter, 1898)
(MNHN-IT-2008-XXXX =
MNHNA
3 EUD 353), south of
Madagascar
(
25°02.8 Ś
,
46°59.3 É
), depth
22 m
,
MNHN
coll.,
01 May 2010
.
Etymology
. The name alludes to the globose body of the new species.
Descriptionoffemale
. Body (
Fig. 348A, B
) inflated, almost spherical, slightly longer than wide, 1.01 mm in greatest diameter. Cephalosome and urosome facing each other on ventral side of brood pouch. Dorsal cephalic shield (
Fig.348D
) withpairedhorn-likeprocesses laterally (
Fig. 348D, E
). Metasome unsegmented, entire metasome forming brood pouch. Free urosome (
Fig. 348C
) curved ventrally, stout, 5-segmented. Caudal rami (
Fig. 348F
) small, shorter than anal somite, about 1.6 times longer than wide (31×20 μm), setulose: armed with 6 setae, but setae difficult to distinguish from setules.
Rostrum (
Fig. 348D, G
) evenly tapering, longer than wide, ornamented with numerous setules. Antennule (
Fig. 348H
) 108 μm long, 7-segmented; second and third segments with traces of 1 and 3 sutures on posterior side, respectively, and terminal segment with trace of suture on anterior side; armature formula 2, 22, 11, 3, 2, 3, and 11+aesthetasc. Antenna (
Fig. 348I
) 4-segmented; proximal 3 segments stout, unarmed; terminal segment (second endopodal segment) about 3.1 times longer than wide (52×17 μm) and longer than first endopodal segment; armedwith 5 setae (arranged as 1, 2, and 2) plus small terminal claw, less than third of length of segment.
Labrum (
Fig. 349A
) short, unornamented, tapering towards thin, soft distal part. Mandible (
Fig. 349B
) with narrowcoxalgnathobasebearing1distaltoothandproximal pectinate region on medial (cutting) margin: basis with 1 medial seta; exopod with 4 large medial and 1 small outer seta (less than third length of adjacent seta): endopod with 1 and 4 setae on first and second segments, respectively; seta on first segment markedly broadened; proportional lengths of setae on second segment 7:10:17:10 from medial to outer. Maxillule (
Fig. 349C
) armed with 3 setae on arthrite, 1 each on epipodite and basis, 4 on exopod and 3 (1 short medial and 2 longer distal) on endopod. Maxilla (
Fig. 349D
) 4-segmented; syncoxawith 2 setae on each of first to third endites; basiswith 2 setae, one spiniform, spinulose; endopod small, with 1 and 3 setae on first and second segments, respectively; setaon first endopodal segment and 1 seta on second extremely large (about twice as long as entire maxilla). Maxilliped (
Fig. 349E
) small, unsegmented, armedwith 2 setae distally; ornamented with few setules on outer margin.
Legs 1–4 (
Figs. 349F, G
,
350A, B
) with 3-segmented rami; coxa short or absent; intercoxal sclerite and inner coxal seta absent. Inner distal spine on basis of leg 1 large, 28 μm long. Inner setaon first endopodal segment broad. Endopods of legs 2–4 small, about half as long as exopods. Second endopodal segment of leg 2 and first and second endopodal segments of leg 3 with variable setation; setae indicated by arrowheads in
Fig. 349G
and
350Amay
be present or absent.Armature formula for legs 1–4 as follows:
Coxa |
Basis |
Exopod |
Endopod |
Leg 1 |
0-0 |
1-I |
1-1; 1-1; 3, 1, 3 |
0-1; 0-1; 1, 2, 2 |
FIGURE 348.
Cystixys globosa
gen. et sp. nov
.
, female. A, habitus, left; B, habitus, ventral; C, urosome, left; D, cephalic shield, frontal; E, cephalic horn; F, caudal rami, dorsal; G, rostrum; H, antennule; I, antenna. Scale bars: A, B, 0.2 mm; C, 0.05 mm; D, 0.1 mm; E–I, 0.02 mm.
FIGURE 349.
Cystixys globosa
gen. et sp. nov
.
, female. A, labrum; B, mandible; C, maxillule; D, maxilla; E, maxilliped; F, leg 1 (marked seta absent in some specimens); G, leg 2. Scale bars: 0.02 mm.
FIGURE 350.
Cystixys globosa
gen. et sp. nov.
, female. A, leg 3 (marked seta absent in some specimens); B, leg 4; C, right leg 5, ventral; D, left leg 5, ventral. Scale bars: 0.02 mm.
Leg 2 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
1-1; 1-1; 3, 1, 5 |
0-0; 0-1 (or 0-2); |
1, 2, 3 |
Leg 3 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
1-1; 1-1; 3, 1, 5 |
0-1 (or 0-0); 0-1 |
(or 0-2); 1, 2, 3 |
Leg 4 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
1-1; 1-1; 2, 1, 5 |
0-1; 0-2; 1, 2, 2 |
Leg 5 (
Fig. 350C, D
) positioned on posteroventral margin of somite and represented by outer protopodal seta and irregular inner (exopodal) process bearing 1 seta on outer margin.
Male
. Unknown.
Remarks
. The specimens of this species were each enclosed within a membranous cyst and each cyst was located within a gall formed in the branchial tissue of the host.