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(
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Adult male
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, undissected, mounted on slide in glycerine, (ECO-CHZ-12533).
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locality.
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) coll. on
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.
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Small (total length &lt;
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) male monstrilloid with relatively short, slender cephalothorax, less than half of total body length; forehead flat in ventral view, projected anteriorly in lateral view, ornamented with few integumental ridges and pair of sensilla. Urosome relatively short, robust, about 1/4 of total body length. Oral cone moderately protuberant; preoral ventral surface ornamentation comprising pair of hyaline bodies, medial subtriangular protuberance, pair of nipple-like integumental processes and adjacent field of deep integumental wrinkles. Dorsal anterior surface ornamented with field of wart-like integumental processes. Antennules short, 5- segmented; fifth segment geniculate, with simple setae only. Fifth pedigerous somite with straight lateral margins, ventral surface smooth; genital somite carrying short, compact genital complex comprising robust, short shaft and pair of thick, thumb-shaped genital lappets curved inwards as pincer, the latter with distal half coarsely ridged along outer and inner margins, unornamented, medially connected by large globose process furnished with crescent-shaped integumental scars, and forming three-pointed chitinized process apically. Caudal rami armed with 6 caudal setae subequal in length and width.
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Description of male
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Body relatively slender, small. Total body length of
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in dorsal view. Cephalothorax almost 45% of total body length (
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), with flat forehead in dorsal and ventral position, ornamented with pair of sensilla (
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); in lateral view forehead projected anteriorly (
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); projected section comprising hyaline bodies (
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) (phb in
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); fused first pedigerous somite with posterodistal corners weakly expanded, reaching proximal 1/3 of succeeding second pedigerous somite. Eye cups and field of wart-like integumental processes on anteriormost dorsal surface (warts in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448DF05E639535FECC" box="[1225,1332,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 29A</figureCitation>
). Preoral ventral surface integumental ornamentation comprising: (1) medial protuberant process (pp in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448D885E479537FE20" box="[1201,1334,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 29A, B</figureCitation>
), (2) pair of nipple-like processes (nlp in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF82854488C15EBB9289FE04" box="[504,648,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Figs. 29A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448BAD5EBB92C7FE04" box="[660,710,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 31" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-18@50.[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 31. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) left antennule fifth segment showing inner swelling of fourth segment proximal half (arrow), dorsal view; B) genital complex (GC) showing genital lappets (L) each with 3-pointed tips (arrows), ventral view; C) cephalic structures showing medial eye cup (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), nipple-like processes (nlp), and oral cone (oc), ventral view; D) caudal rami showing caudal setae IVI, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763020" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763020/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">31C</figureCitation>
), (3) dense field of longitudinal wrinkles, single medial oral pore (op in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF82854489DA5E9F914BFE78" box="[227,330,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 30C</figureCitation>
), pair of ventral pores (vpore in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448B875E9F9324FE78" box="[702,805,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 30C</figureCitation>
), and (4) pair of hyaline bodies (
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448DA45E9F94DAFE79" box="[1181,1243,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">sensu</emphasis>
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) between bases of antennules and medial keel (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448BDC5EF3936CFE5C" box="[741,877,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 29A, B</figureCitation>
).
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Oral cone moderately protuberant, robust, with wide base and adjacent integumental wrinkles (oc in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448C1E5ED790ADFD94" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Figs. 29A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF82854489815D0B90EAFD94" box="[184,235,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">30C</figureCitation>
). Eyes comprising large medial cup with smaller adjacent lateral cups, weakly pigmented (mec, lec in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448C495D0B90CBFDC8" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 30C</figureCitation>
). Urosome relatively short, 24% of total body length, comprising fifth pedigerous somite, genital somite, one free somite, preanal and anal somites, the latter holding pair of caudal rami; relative length of urosomites, from proximal to distal: 36.4: 20.3: 16.5: 14.4: 12.4: = 100. Fifth pedigerous somite longest, with straight lateral margins, ventral surface smooth, lacking any vestige of fifth legs (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448A055D9B93A8FD64" box="[828,937,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 29G</figureCitation>
). Genital somite carrying genital complex. Succeeding preanal and anal somites smooth; anal somite carrying caudal rami.
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Genital complex ventrally on genital somite (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448BF85DD39328FCBC" box="[705,809,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 29G</figureCitation>
), complex comprising short thick strongly globose shaft with smooth lateral margins; shaft curved posteriorly, distally branching into pair of short, thumb-like symmetrical, slightly divergent genital lappets curving inwards (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448BE55C6B9351FCF4" box="[732,848,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Figs. 29G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448A675C6B9391FCF4" box="[862,912,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">30D</figureCitation>
) and reaching posterior margin of succeeding urosomite (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF82854488225C4F9187FC28" box="[283,390,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 31" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-18@50.[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 31. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) left antennule fifth segment showing inner swelling of fourth segment proximal half (arrow), dorsal view; B) genital complex (GC) showing genital lappets (L) each with 3-pointed tips (arrows), ventral view; C) cephalic structures showing medial eye cup (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), nipple-like processes (nlp), and oral cone (oc), ventral view; D) caudal rami showing caudal setae IVI, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763020" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763020/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 31B</figureCitation>
); lappets inner margin coarsely corrugate, medially conjoined (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448D495C4F94DCFC28" box="[1136,1245,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Fig. 30D</figureCitation>
), unornamented, medially connected by large globose process furnished with crescent-shaped integumental scars, and forming distinctive three-pointed chitinized process apically (arrows in
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448A675C8793D1FC60" box="[862,976,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1729,1753]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,191,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-23@49.[151,1436,181,1705]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 30. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) right geniculate antennule showing setation pattern with nomenclature of segments IIV following Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995) and Huys et al. (2007) for fifth segment; B) left antennule fifth segment showing setation pattern following Huys et al.s nomenclature; C) cephalic preoral ornamentation showing ventral pores (vpore), nipple-like processes (nlp), medial (mec) and lateral (lec) eye cups, pair of small forehead sensilla, and oral cone (oc); D) globose genital complex showing genital lappets with apical 3- pointed process (arrows)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763018" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763018/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Figs. 30D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448AE45C87940EFC60" box="[989,1039,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 31" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-18@50.[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 31. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) left antennule fifth segment showing inner swelling of fourth segment proximal half (arrow), dorsal view; B) genital complex (GC) showing genital lappets (L) each with 3-pointed tips (arrows), ventral view; C) cephalic structures showing medial eye cup (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), nipple-like processes (nlp), and oral cone (oc), ventral view; D) caudal rami showing caudal setae IVI, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763020" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763020/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">31B</figureCitation>
). Caudal rami armed with 6 caudal setae (setae IVI) subequal in length and width (
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448B8F5CFB9326FC44" box="[694,807,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="48.[151,250,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-62@48.[151,1435,273,1768]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 29. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) habitus, lateral view; B) cephalic structures showing medial eye cups (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), hyaline bodies (hb), protruding preoral pore (pp), nipple-like process (nlp), oral cone (oc), and integumental warts; C) leg 2 exopod showing setiform outer apical setal element on first segment and reduced outer spine; D) legs 1 and 2 outer spine of third exopodal segment; E) leg 3, same spine, showing distal attenuation; F) leg 4, same; G) urosome and caudal rami showing genital complex and caudal setae IV, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763016" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763016/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Figs. 29G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8DEF04BCFF8285448A0A5CFB9366FC44" box="[819,871,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 31" captionStartId="50.[151,250,1864,1888]" captionTargetBox="[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetId="figure-18@50.[158,1430,181,1840]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURE 31. Monstrilla fisgata sp. nov., adult female holotype Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. A) left antennule fifth segment showing inner swelling of fourth segment proximal half (arrow), dorsal view; B) genital complex (GC) showing genital lappets (L) each with 3-pointed tips (arrows), ventral view; C) cephalic structures showing medial eye cup (mec), lateral eye cups (lec), nipple-like processes (nlp), and oral cone (oc), ventral view; D) caudal rami showing caudal setae IVI, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14763020" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14763020/files/figure.png" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">31D</figureCitation>
); proximal part of setae III and IV weakly swollen (
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).
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Antennules short,
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long, less than 36% of total body length, 5-segmented, segments 15 clearly divided (
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). Following nomenclature by
<bibRefCitation id="714565C8FF8285448B685B179378FBF0" author="Grygier, M. J. &amp; Ohtsuka, S." box="[593,889,1086,1113]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" pagination="703 - 719" refId="ref43373" refString="Grygier, M. J. &amp; Ohtsuka, S. (1995) SEM observation of the nauplius of Monstrilla hamatapex, new species, from Japan and an example of upgraded descriptive standards for monstrilloid copepods. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 15, 703 - 719. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 193724095 X 00118" type="journal article" year="1995">Grygier &amp; Ohtsuka (1995)</bibRefCitation>
, first segment lacking element 1; second segment carrying short setiform elements 2d
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and 2v
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and long, lightly setulated dorsal seta IId; third segment with long, smooth setiform element 3 and lightly setulated setiform elements IIIv and IIId; fourth segment longest, armature including proximal elements 4v
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, 4d
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and 4v
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(
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), proximal half with inner margin expanded (arrow in
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), fifth segment geniculate (
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). Following Huys
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448A505BE7939BFB40" box="[873,922,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">et al</emphasis>
.s (2007) nomenclature for the setation of the male antennulary fifth segment, inner margin with short, slender seta A on subdistal inner margin, next to subdistal setae B and C; inner setae unbranched; outer margin with short, slender seta 5, followed by simple setae 4, 3, 2, apical spiniform element 1, and short aesthetasc AE 1 (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="156B1839FF82854489FE5A77917BFA4C" blockId="47.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
Swimming legs 14 as in
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82854488D25A779282FAD0" box="[491,643,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. sekiguchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448BB35A7792E5FAD0" bold="true" box="[650,740,1375,1401]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3C937950FF8285448BB35A7792E5FAD0" box="[650,740,1375,1401]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in armature pattern and leg segmentation. Outer apical spines of legs 14 third exopodal segments of
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448B6E5AAB92C8FA34" box="[599,713,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. fisgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448BE85AAB932AFA34" bold="true" box="[721,811,1411,1437]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
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</emphasis>
, modified, spines with attenuated distal half, forming a whip-like filament. Distal narrowing of the spine is not present in legs 1 and 2 (
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), but observable in legs 3 and 4 (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5DCE4BB2FF82854489FE5AC79585F984" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="156B1839FF82854489FE5AC79585F984" blockId="47.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82854489FE5AC7914FF9A0" bold="true" box="[199,334,1519,1545]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the nominal Latin term
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448ACF5AC7942DF9A0" box="[1014,1068,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">fisga</emphasis>
, a three-pronged harpoon, refers to the three-points apical tip of the genital lappets, a distinctive character of this species. The gender is feminine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5DCE4BB2FF82855B89FE591F93A1FF50" lastPageId="48" lastPageNumber="49" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="156B1839FF82855B89FE591F93A1FF50" blockId="47.[151,1437,150,2013]" lastBlockId="48.[151,1437,151,249]" lastPageId="48" lastPageNumber="49" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82854489FE591F913AF9F8" bold="true" box="[199,315,1591,1617]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Remarks.</emphasis>
The male of
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82854488E0591F924CF9F8" box="[473,589,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. fisgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448B6E591F92B3F9F8" bold="true" box="[599,690,1591,1617]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3C937950FF8285448B6E591F92B3F9F8" box="[599,690,1591,1617]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has distinctive features that make it readily distinguishable from its congeneric species and support its status as a new member of
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448AAE5973940CF9DC" box="[919,1037,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Monstrilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Firstly, is the modified tip of the genital lappets, comprising a set of three chitinized points. In some other species of monstrilloids these structures can exhibit ornamentations like wart-like integumental processes as in the Australian
<taxonomicName id="D2D463BAFF8285448D51598B94C2F915" authorityName="Suárez-Morales &amp; P.M.B" authorityYear="2025" box="[1128,1219,1699,1725]" class="Copepoda" family="Monstrillidae" genus="Caromiobenella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monstrilloida" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jeoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448D51598B94C2F915" box="[1128,1219,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">C. jeoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448DF5598B9526F914" bold="true" box="[1228,1319,1699,1725]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3C937950FF8285448DF5598B9526F914" box="[1228,1319,1699,1725]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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), distal spermatophore spines like in the males of
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448BFC59EF9342F948" box="[709,835,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ramírez 1971; Suárez-Morales &amp; Üstün 2018),
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448C4759EF9116F8AC" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. longicornis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF828544888359C39266F8AC" box="[442,615,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. papilliremis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="714565C8FF8285448B4159C392FFF8AC" author="Isaac, M. J." box="[632,766,1770,1797]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref43715" refString="Isaac, M. J. (1975) Copepoda, Suborder: Monstrilloida. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 144 / 145, 1 - 10." type="journal article" year="1975">Isaac, 1975</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448A2D59C393B3F8AC" box="[788,946,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. longiremis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="714565C8FF8285448AFB59C394C0F8AC" author="Suarez-Morales, E." box="[962,1217,1771,1797]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" pagination="55 - 67" refId="ref44929" refString="Suarez-Morales, E. (2010) On the taxonomic status of Monstrilla leucopis Sars (Crustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from Norway, with comments on the male of M. longiremis Giesbrecht. Zootaxa, 2510 (1), 55 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2510.1.3" type="journal article" year="2010">Suárez-Morales, 2010</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D2D463BAFF8285448DEF59C3959CF8AC" authorityName="Suarez-Morales &amp; Castellanos" authorityYear="2019" box="[1238,1437,1771,1797]" class="Copepoda" family="Monstrillidae" genus="Monstrilla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monstrilloida" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chetumalensis">
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448DEF59C3959CF8AC" box="[1238,1437,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. chetumalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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, fig. 1CE), and the Australian
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448AF458279479F880" box="[973,1144,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. mammillata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448D46582794D8F880" bold="true" box="[1151,1241,1807,1833]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3C937950FF8285448D46582794D8F880" box="[1151,1241,1807,1833]" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(to be described) or the distally corrugate and apically attenuate lappet tips of the Caribbean
<taxonomicName id="D2D463BAFF8285448D33581B9598F8E4" authority="(Suarez-Morales, 2003)" baseAuthorityName="Suarez-Morales" baseAuthorityYear="2003" box="[1034,1433,1843,1869]" class="Copepoda" family="Monstrillidae" genus="Monstrilla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monstrilloida" pageId="47" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marioi">
<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448D33581B947FF8E5" box="[1034,1150,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. marioi</emphasis>
(
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)
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. Secondly, the anteriorly directed forehead comprising the eyes with the densely ornamented dorsal and ventral surfaces, and thirdly, the attenuate outer apical spines on the third exopodal segments of legs 3 and 4. These spines vary in size, from almost as long or as long as the carrying segment, like in the Caribbean
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF8285448DBC58B7950DF810" box="[1157,1292,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. elongata</emphasis>
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(see
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, fig. 2 JL),
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82854488E858EB92A1F874" box="[465,672,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. mahahualensis</emphasis>
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(see
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, fig. 2E), and
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF82855B8C4758EB9119FF18" italics="true" lastPageId="48" lastPageNumber="49" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">M. xcalakensis</emphasis>
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(see Suárez-Morales, 2024, fig. 3D) or shorter than the segment like in the Philippine
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF9D855B8C205FBF959DFF19" box="[1305,1436,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">M. grygieri</emphasis>
Suárez-Morales, 2000
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(Suárez-Morales 2000, fig. 1DG). Overall, the combination of these characters in the new species appears to be unique among the known species of
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<emphasis id="27A0C42BFF9D855B8A1A5FF79398FF50" box="[803,921,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Monstrilla</emphasis>
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.
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