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<figureCitation id="0FC05AE08AD19AF3D1954F20823AA7FC" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-C) A habitus, dorsal B habitus, lateral C rostrum, dorsal. Male allotype (D) D habitus, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471120" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figs 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="170B3ABFF76511792AA1B007670691EC" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A) A antennule. Male allotype (B) B antennule." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471122" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="6823B0A712445F8E073197316E243DAB" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. A antenna (lacking coxa) B mandible C maxillule D maxilla E maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="98D42AC571A1CC0465B2F74B42F17D98" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-B) A P 1, anterior B P 5, anterior. Female paratype (C) C abnormality of P 2, anterior. Male allotype (D-F) D P 3, anterior E P 5, anterior F P 6, anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471124" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="829D2B7916B4CDC42DF67D89C5779B1C" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype A P 2, anterior B protopod of P 2, lateral C P 3, anterior D protopod of P 3, lateral E P 4, anterior F protopod of P 4, lateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471125" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">, 7</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="BBBED1465DA3379A43B61478F90FFF42" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Off the Socheongcho Ocean Research Station (SORS) (
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, 
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) in the Yellow Sea of South Korea, sandy sediments, 68 m depth.
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<paragraph id="9E60549938D4ACB847D00EE7084789C8" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="AA112C40D716AA22B6B0863D829F4491" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Holotype</emphasis>
: SOUTH KOREA•♀ dissected and mounted on 11 slides; the Yellow Sea, off SORS; 
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; 68 m depth; 23 Mar 2018; Kim, J.G. leg.; sandy sediments; cat. MInRB-Hr59-S001.
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<emphasis id="826E384F3D75D1E19EF916A0323A399C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Allotype</emphasis>
: SOUTH KOREA•♂ dissected and mounted on 11 slides; same data as for holotype; cat. MInRB-Hr59-S002.
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<emphasis id="522D0490F56C6FCBC4CC4C904FED591E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Paratypes</emphasis>
: SOUTH KOREA•3♀♀2♂♂ dissected and mounted on 11 or 12 slides each; same data as for holotype; cat. MInRB-Hr59-S003-MInRB-Hr59-S007•3♀♀2♂♂ preserved together in 95% ethanol; same data as for holotype; cat. MInRB-Hr59-L001.
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<paragraph id="CC5EE4F73F76A9AAD4433E93EE697293" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Other material for SEM.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CD9F93A43C6544A516FDFA1220B5E0A3" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">SOUTH KOREA•2♀♀1♂ on a stub for SEM; same data as for holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B2F94DBCCCB0860FDB90A3BAA3EE8790" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Description of holotype female</paragraph>
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(MInRB-Hr59-S001). Total body length 617 
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(measurement based on holotype and six paratypes: range = 530-626 
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; mean = 588 
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; 
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= 7); maximum width 86 
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measured at the middle of cephalothorax. Body (Figs 
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, 
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) subcylindrical, slightly depressed, without distinct constriction between prosome and urosome; prosome slightly longer than urosome. Rostrum (Fig. 
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) well-developed, triangular, reaching distal fourth of first antennular segment, defined from cephalothorax basally, with 1 pair of sensilla laterally and 1 median anterior pore ventrally; lateral margins convex proximally. Cephalothorax nearly square in dorsal aspect, slightly wider than long; integument covered with paired sensilla, several round depressions and irregular wrinkles (visible at high magnification, 1,000 
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; see insert in Fig. 
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); posterior margin ornamented with short and fine setules; arthrodial membrane of first pedigerous somite visible dorsally and laterally. Tergites of somites with surface ornamentation composed of 1-3 transverse furrows, with 1 mid pore (absent in penultimate and anal somites) and 1 pair of lateral pores (absent in penultimate somite); posterior margins with several paired sensilla (absent in penultimate somite); hyaline frills weak, with 1 row of long setules posteriorly except for anal somite. Genital somite and first abdominal somite fused ventrally forming genital double-somite, but original segmentation indicated by internal chitinous rib dorsally and laterally; genital field (Fig. 
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) with 1 large copulatory pore on midventral depression posterior to genital slit; genital slit reverse U-shaped, covered by 1 pair of large opercula derived from P6 on both sides; P6 represented by 1 long and 1 small seta, with 1 row of spinules subdistally; single midventral egg sac carrying 6 large eggs, as long as 1/4 of total body length. Anal somite (Figs 
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) with 1 pair of dorsal sensilla near base of operculum, 1 row of long setules on both ventrolateral margins; operculum semicircular, with smooth distal margin; anal opening with lateral row of small posterior spinules on each side; anal opening with 3 fringes of fine setules (Fig. 
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).
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gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (
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habitus, lateral 
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habitus, dorsal.
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Caudal rami (Figs 
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, 
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) elongate, oval, about 2.4 times as long as largest width, twice as long as anal somite; with a notch in mid-outer margin below caudal setae I and II; anterior half with a row of outer setules ventrolaterally; distal half with non-chitinous lateral margin; with 7 setae: seta I small naked, inserted in mid-length of outer margin ventrolaterally; seta II dorsal to and closely set to seta I, naked, longer than seta I; seta III naked, as long as seta II, arising from subdistal peduncle with 1 tube pore basally (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="6915A95CA572223A5408D7D29C6ECAB5" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-D) A urosome, ventral B anal somite and caudal ramus, dorsal C caudal ramus, ventral D genital field, ventral. Male allotype (E) E urosome, ventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471121" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">3C</figureCitation>
); seta IV small, naked, slightly longer than setae II and III, fused to principal seta V basally; principal seta V well-developed, slightly longer than caudal ramus, ornamented with outer spinules distally; seta VI naked, as long as seta IV, inserted in outer distal corner; dorsal seta VII naked, tri-articulate at base, arising subdistally close to inner margin.
</paragraph>
<caption id="082BC14C4B6B5CF6A5F4193866E5E4E5" doi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471121" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="D3D5F7D8F334ED2C18F6397890922450" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="A54538ECED51899E8FC72007C01A6429" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E398880EF169110C1C2D63421DD85EFA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (
<emphasis id="BACD7192A2CAFC74891E4B0371230828" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A-D</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="8B9FF8B8E738BD88441EAAE8BB2B7522" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
urosome, ventral 
<emphasis id="576066C6CA8A1D9F1C341F407A3CF718" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
anal somite and caudal ramus, dorsal 
<emphasis id="C81AC6E3FDFF9ECACBC00CBCB6385080" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
caudal ramus, ventral 
<emphasis id="316BEFD515893446274E04DF29965DAD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
genital field, ventral. Male allotype (
<emphasis id="8781A36F85FD937AA3589ADB6416E451" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">E</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="D87E25BFE7B9A3DE476BA58B9F4C6D93" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">E</emphasis>
urosome, ventral.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="2D4B008B261CCB7BF2E003DED18DCA16" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Antennule (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8732D3232E7012FE6B9A982ED9EEB085" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A) A antennule. Male allotype (B) B antennule." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471122" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">4A</figureCitation>
) short, 4-segmented. First segment largest, elongate, as long as distal two segments combined, with 1 small naked seta subdistally; inner margin with short row of spinules subdistally; outer margin convex, with longitudinal row of minute spinules. Second segment smallest, with 3 bi-articulate and 5 naked setae; outer margin with 1 weak protuberance. Third segment about twice as long as second one, gradually widening distally; lateral margin with 3 bi-articulate and 3 naked setae; inner distal corner with 3 peduncles, of which two with 1 apical seta each, and one bearing 1 apical seta fused to basally to 1 ae. Distal segment as long as preceding one, tapering distally; lateral margins with 6 bi-articulate and 3 naked setae; distal margin with 1 naked seta and 1 acrothek composed of 1 ae and 2 bare setae. Setal armature as follows: 1-[1], 2-[8], 3-[8+ (1 + ae)], 4-[10 + acrothek].
</paragraph>
<caption id="B11991E812901E2205832FB81360D535" doi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471122" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="47CB619CA327C1958B79765D7669A088" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53DEA87A326F785BA7D6BEED6A029B51" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3278E152ABFF79FDB3FCD5A0515AD111" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (
<emphasis id="4AC061E9904CF2C7893D3C058180C9F4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="81B90C47205C60AED584C938EBF5137F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
antennule. Male allotype (
<emphasis id="5FC78DD46D1F053FEECA7676F5D3EAD7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="3458DF486C752414433BC24F6ED89348" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
antennule.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="A449074923E9F536A1A90A1A8D7E0FEB" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Antenna (Fig. 
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) with small, unornamented coxa (not shown). Allobasis elongate, 2.8 times as long as wide, exopod represented by 1 naked seta issuing at proximal third; abexopodal seta absent. Free endopodal segment with 1 short row of spinules subdistally and 1 surface frill distally; lateral armature composed of 2 weakly-serrate setae; distal armature comprising 1 small and 1 stout spine, 3 geniculate setae, innermost one of which fused basally to 1 small naked seta.
</paragraph>
<caption id="75C8433EE335156CD66F498D1A6E3D51" doi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="FF7B69E832F2C29E457A763336719188" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="1C9EB4DD11C4D2B924BBFD5181EEA6A9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="623D5EC7AFBB7D8B56EB0E9B636606F5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. 
<emphasis id="6D68401B067D2638158D64EC606A303B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
antenna (lacking coxa) 
<emphasis id="C3D4B37287F228A96811DFBDD2B729CA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
mandible 
<emphasis id="BA1AB7BEBAEDBC71E74A2D22E64216AB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
maxillule 
<emphasis id="30D85B5FEA03AAEF9BEEF62FD4F6301E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
maxilla 
<emphasis id="4BDAA8B72DF4358180D3E0A87A82F30A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">E</emphasis>
maxilliped.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="621F461AFD71E26B559527701047EAA2" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Mandibular coxa (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="58D38C30C5E87A3385CD8900CF55DE58" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. A antenna (lacking coxa) B mandible C maxillule D maxilla E maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5B</figureCitation>
) slender, with 1 bulge and 1 row of spinules proximally; gnathobase well-developed, with 1 bicuspid and 3 unicuspid teeth, 1 small spinule and 1 unipinnate seta. Palp well-developed, uniramous; basis elongate, covered with rows of spinules, with 1 plumose seta distally; endopod 2-segmented, with 1 long plumose seta on proximal segment and 1 subapical and 2 apical setae on distal segment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15821DB96F00D36A044A1B619235A6AA" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Maxillule (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="2C16BED77C9D1019B5EC3C80469605AD" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. A antenna (lacking coxa) B mandible C maxillule D maxilla E maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5C</figureCitation>
). Praecoxa with 1 row of outer spinules; arthrite with 1 naked seta on anterior surface and 7 spines on distal margin and ornamented with few long spinules on distal margin, 1 row of small spinules on dorsal margin and several spinules on posterior surface. Coxa armed with 1 row of outer spinules; endite elongate, with 2 elements distally and 1 row of small spinules laterally. Basis broad, with 2 endites: distal endite with 1 subapical and 3 apical setae; proximal endite incorporated into basis, represented by 2 long naked setae. Endopod incorporated into basis, represented by 3 long naked setae. Exopod 1-segmented, small, with 1 short and 1 long naked seta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D7F05525D975D4F0C3324EB3D07E16D" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Maxilla (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="04057E7457851A8BBB969A292B53277F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. A antenna (lacking coxa) B mandible C maxillule D maxilla E maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5D</figureCitation>
). Syncoxa armed with 1 row of stout spinules and 1 row of setules along outer margin, 1 row of minute spinules on surface and 1 patch of spinules near inner margin; with 2 coxal endites: proximal endite with 1 long naked seta and 1 short unipinnate seta (fused to endite basally); distal endite with 2 long naked setae and 1 unipinnate seta (fused to endite basally). Allobasis drawn out into strong claw with 2 accompanying naked setae and few spinules. Endopod incorporated into basis, represented by 2 long naked setae fused basally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9AA512716A348BFC0E22DD5804397259" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Maxilliped (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="A502C07A77BFDFC52F1339BD9D7D424D" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype. A antenna (lacking coxa) B mandible C maxillule D maxilla E maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471123" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">5E</figureCitation>
) enlarged. Syncoxa elongate, ornamented with 1 group of spinules proximally. Basis elongate, about 3.4 times as long as maximum width, with 1 row of outer spinules proximally. Endopod drawn out into long and geniculate claw bearing 1 small accessory seta proximally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BDC349F8F84F5BD7F05986627B9E3D43" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P1 (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="396606828306FF06F733850500B2718E" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-B) A P 1, anterior B P 5, anterior. Female paratype (C) C abnormality of P 2, anterior. Male allotype (D-F) D P 3, anterior E P 5, anterior F P 6, anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471124" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">6A</figureCitation>
). Praecoxa large, triangular, unornamented. Intercoxal sclerite broad, unornamented. Coxa wide, with outer margin forming 1 large and coarsely-serrated projection. Basis with 1 anterior pore and few spinules proximally; inner pedestal well-developed, with serrate distal margin; outer seta plumose, bi-articulated basally, arising from setophore ornamented with 1 row of small spinules at its base; inner seta naked, arising anteriorly, with 1 group of small spinules at its base. Exopod 2-segmented, short, about 0.3 times as long as enp-1; exp-1 with 1 naked outer seta and 1 row of stout outer spinules; exp-2 with 1 small naked seta and 1 stout unispinulose seta on outer margin and 1 short naked and 1 long geniculate seta on distal margin; anterior surface with 1 small pore. Endopod prehensile, 2-segmented; enp-1 elongate, 3.7 times as long as largest width, ornamented with 1 row of small spinules along outer margin and few long inner spinules; enp-2 short, slightly longer than wide, ornamented with few inner spinules and armed with 1 stout, recurved distal claw and 1 long flexible outer seta, of which distal half with very thin cuticular inner lines.
</paragraph>
<caption id="57B895C96684C4D67086AF49FF383605" doi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471124" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="FBE5E5857F97BD59F16047EAAA1D0968" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="7D09E6371019E5394DD69E78511A5A40" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="482AB690B4874A57040DC0037211A656" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (
<emphasis id="9C55F8FCC99EE95778D886237F0378A2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A-B</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="25837AF2C4F31931FC3A8A275590E3D1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
P1, anterior 
<emphasis id="A3E1085E86F2AD08C3F8C05F79A1E394" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
P5, anterior. Female paratype (
<emphasis id="A01959A1ED21B83AC74A53E55901AE4A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="1B0B0B3A22FAA0FB470A56814DCA17D7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
abnormality of P2, anterior. Male allotype (
<emphasis id="651389FAF2AFF0ABCD4AD7D8CEFD0161" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D-F</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="D0F4C4865AA544D172FC334051866457" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
P3, anterior 
<emphasis id="BC592C9E92C64A4970A21B395513BFCA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">E</emphasis>
P5, anterior 
<emphasis id="0FE8B5BC2F0AA14FEB4500DC7E1FB886" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">F</emphasis>
P6, anterior.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="C94CCA1196E0E661230934C18D09AD77" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P2-P4 (Figs 
<figureCitation id="59B5A1F19B53E143A53686367832DB3F" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype A P 2, anterior B protopod of P 2, lateral C P 3, anterior D protopod of P 3, lateral E P 4, anterior F protopod of P 4, lateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471125" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">7A-F</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="A3AC0527900D0888E77B34BBED606B0B" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., scanning electron micrograph, female (A-C) A habitus, lateral B P 3, anterior C P 4, anterior. Male (D) D P 3, anterior. Arrowheads indicate fusion of coxa and intercoxal sclerite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471126" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8B, C</figureCitation>
). Protopods composed of praecoxa, coxa and basis. Praecoxae small, ornamented with 2 rows of spinules. Intercoxal sclerites large, broad, separate in P2, fused to coxae laterally in P3 and P4 (see arrowheads in Fig. 
<figureCitation id="2B4A40DBED9B1D6EBECFBF2304EC720C" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., scanning electron micrograph, female (A-C) A habitus, lateral B P 3, anterior C P 4, anterior. Male (D) D P 3, anterior. Arrowheads indicate fusion of coxa and intercoxal sclerite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471126" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">8B, C</figureCitation>
). Coxae wide, with 1, 3 and 2 groups of spinules on anterior surface in P2-P4, respectively; outer margin drawn out into an elongate and coarsely-serrated projection. Bases wide, with 1 pore on anterior surface; outer setophore elongate, ornamented with 1 row of spinules basally, non-articulated in P2 with 1 plumose seta, bi-articulated in P3 and P4, with 1 naked seta; inner distal corner (near base of inner ramus) with 1 group of spinules. Exopod 1-segmented, ornamented with rows of spinules along outer and distal margins; with 4 stout outer spines, of which proximal one uniserrate and ornamented with 2 rows of setules, others pinnate; distal outer spines of P4 strongly pinnate. Endopod absent in P2, represented by 1 small unarmed protuberance in P3 and 1-segmented, ornamented with distal spinules and armed with 1 stout pinnate distal spine in P4.
</paragraph>
<caption id="209606D243A64891F618E4EA7D6495B6" doi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471125" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="9C2A07E62D9BA0FB782F7AD0FF827827" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="25D62FDFD027658D19924E81BC8D9980" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="11AA26BFEC7E6881EA02DBFE1119F12B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., female holotype 
<emphasis id="FBE902513D2617B377C0665879437FA2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
P2, anterior 
<emphasis id="1A3C3BC98E4321FDE6737DD656CCD221" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
protopod of P2, lateral 
<emphasis id="2DF2BD7440848F10F4F562969B3F0DF3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
P3, anterior 
<emphasis id="BD85BC790971FE49E874C449ACDFA9CD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
protopod of P3, lateral 
<emphasis id="E8A53B1BE34AA92F09E171E93284E0C7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">E</emphasis>
P4, anterior 
<emphasis id="38971B002C3C72F08002FFC3C614019C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">F</emphasis>
protopod of P4, lateral.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="503D0E88B46A7B94C9FC92607C0EE4CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P5 (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8A8E64B702FC795DC459D66AA88F3992" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-B) A P 1, anterior B P 5, anterior. Female paratype (C) C abnormality of P 2, anterior. Male allotype (D-F) D P 3, anterior E P 5, anterior F P 6, anterior." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471124" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">6B</figureCitation>
). Baseoendopod broad, with 1 anterior pore, ornamented with rows of spinules along distal and inner margins; endopodal lobe weak, with 1 plumose distal seta; outer setophore articulate, with 1 long naked seta. Exopod small, with 3 pinnate setae and 1 naked seta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DE8AEE3A3C8D3019AEA864BF50378323" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="7007A5963F9EDB4E7C3CB15541BCB0C5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Male</emphasis>
(allotype MInRB-Hr59-S002). Total body length slightly shorter than in female, 525 
<normalizedToken id="1BC3A0BD070C2BD81FC6B4AA312819F9" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(measurement based on allotype and 4 paratypes: range = 485-556 
<normalizedToken id="F6B023EAF712B93A915BE44737549D1A" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; mean = 512 
<normalizedToken id="B054F2A247C9CE952D8E8BCB3AE7A858" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
, n = 5); body (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="769A442B53D594689D135EA39C3D5E19" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Concilicoxa hispida gen. et sp. nov., female holotype (A-C) A habitus, dorsal B habitus, lateral C rostrum, dorsal. Male allotype (D) D habitus, dorsal." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.984.52252.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471120" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">2D</figureCitation>
) slightly more slender than in female, maximum width 74 
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measured at the middle of cephalothorax; urosome 6-segmented, comprising P5-bearing somite, genital somite, 3 abdominal somites and anal somite; penultimate somite slightly shorter than its width, without lateral ornamentation. Caudal rami (Figs 
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, 
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) parallel, rectangular, more slender than in female; inner margin straight, outer margin slightly convex; outer margins unornamented, with clear cuticular inner line; additional large pore present on ventral surface; seta III issuing from subdistal lateral margin ventrally; set of setae I and II issuing from proximal third of outer margin; seta V slightly shorter than urosome (Fig. 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A8D45D8B4C74A38C0E2C81B8EBDAFCF6" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Antennule (Fig. 
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) chirocerate, 5-segmented. First segment elongate, with 1 short naked seta subdistally; inner margin with few small spinules; outer margin convex, with 1 row of minute spinules. Second segment slightly longer than wide, with 2 bi-articulate and 7 naked setae and 1 minute protuberance. Third segment partially separated into two parts; proximal one with 2 bi-articulate and 6 naked setae; distal part with 2 setae. Fourth segment swollen, with 1 medial protuberance, 4 naked surface setae and 3 well-developed posterior penduncles: one proximal and one medial peduncle with 1 long naked apical seta each; subdistal peduncle with 1 long naked seta fused to 1 long ae basally. Distal segment elongate, slightly recurved distally, hook-shaped, with 2 naked and 6 bi-articulate setae laterally, 1 long naked seta distally and 1 acrothek composed of 1 ae and 2 naked setae fused basally. Setal armature as follows: 1-[1], 2-[9], 3-[10], 4-[6 + (1 + ae)], 5-[10 + acrothek].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DAF47262D0259880849F79CE1E9C5B8D" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P3 (Fig. 
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) as in female, except for 1-segmented endopod with 1 stout distal spine bearing 2 pointed lateral processes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B8075240D19F39B71B9C80918545EA3" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P5 (Figs 
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, 
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) as in female except for anterior ornamentation with 2 rows of minute spinules.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B934AC37F3ED7BB4227EDA6BF46628A2" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
P6 (Figs 
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, 
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) asymmetrical (one side completely fused to genital somite basally, other side articulated at base), each represented by a plate bearing 3 plumose setae and 1 row of minute spinules distally on inner extension.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C75171A61E16A05897D8D91BAD590B3F" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Spermatophore as long as 4/5 length of P5-bearing and genital somites combined (Figs 
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, 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E915E6001F994D12B69EFBB9F4CD9175" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E234247D616CCEF975CE75E2B3A9375D" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C8AF479A3412B7E835E1D680E7C72988" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
The species epithet &quot; 
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<emphasis id="F1A57274BAE058298E31033D499252BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; is derived from the Latin adjective 
<emphasis id="ED9A2F9690BB69D2ECAACC473927B6B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
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</emphasis>
, which means 
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and refers to the setulose lateral ornamentation of the anal somite and caudal rami in the female. It is a noun in the feminine singular.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E402996ED7AC625CCE21F367A429EF34" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" type="variability">
<paragraph id="701F34847FA39D85272F376D505419C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Variability and abnormality.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8C337B7B5D493A7C2C73B817322AAA22" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
The investigated individuals of 
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<emphasis id="FB801A5A56A39962E7A4EAEE0BB8F5CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov. show intraspecific differences in appendage ornamentation. Dense spinular ornamentation was observed on the mandibular basis in one female paratype (MInRB-Hr-59-S003). This paratype also displays fusion of the coxa and basis of the P2 symmetrically (Fig. 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C4CF46A0AD9E65659720D79786CFAB3C" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="54D88E296DD932A23EAE62E9504EE7A4" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="13E6270462FC5CB3BCB3F6536BB8FCB3" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<bibRefCitation id="50BE5A422AB073A6F80598C38EFC1F44" author="George, KH" journalOrPublisher="Vie et Milieu" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="31 - 41" refId="B8" refString="George, KH, 2002. New phylogenetic aspects of the Cristacoxidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of a new genus from the Magellan region. Vie et Milieu 52: 31 - 41" title="New phylogenetic aspects of the Cristacoxidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of a new genus from the Magellan region." volume="52" year="2002">George (2002)</bibRefCitation>
established the genus 
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<emphasis id="74695AE0DB78E56F7B065A5E9A5D9D67" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to accommodate 
<taxonomicName id="004CDB59B43926F92F1FC1C5DC7A8201" lsidName="L. maryamae" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="maryamae">
<emphasis id="0B169D5B3E74843C4F58194AB7426AF4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. maryamae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Patagonian continental slope (Chile) and 
<taxonomicName id="47B90DB1DC9267BC4236D59AF2C38741" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AF0D6F021BF744300F99FE7235647C63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. from the Magellan Straits (Chile). He allocated this genus into the family 
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Huys, 1990, based on the presence of an outward growth on the coxa of P1, an enlarged maxilliped and atrophy of the antennary exopod and abexopodal seta despite the discrepancies with the following characters of the family 
<taxonomicName id="06BDC2CCFBDAFA642293012DABE65AC3" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Cristacoxidae</taxonomicName>
, which were defined by 
<bibRefCitation id="863E226D323305763997DB5C5973049E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06002002" author="Huys, R" journalOrPublisher="Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="79 - 120" refId="B12" refString="Huys, R, 1990. A new family of harpacticoid copepods and an analysis of the phylogenetic relationships within the Laophontoidea Scott, T. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 60: 79 - 120, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06002002" title="A new family of harpacticoid copepods and an analysis of the phylogenetic relationships within the Laophontoidea Scott, T." url="https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06002002" volume="60" year="1990">Huys (1990)</bibRefCitation>
: the first antennular segment with an outer spinous process, the absence of the exopod and an abexopodal seta in the antenna, the presence of modified seta on the middle endite of maxillary syncoxa and the single plate P5 with the same setae/spines in both sexes, which is considered as a neotenous origin. 
<bibRefCitation id="8EE5EF79871F11BDCD88690AB0123B67" author="George, KH" journalOrPublisher="Vie et Milieu" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="31 - 41" refId="B8" refString="George, KH, 2002. New phylogenetic aspects of the Cristacoxidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of a new genus from the Magellan region. Vie et Milieu 52: 31 - 41" title="New phylogenetic aspects of the Cristacoxidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of a new genus from the Magellan region." volume="52" year="2002">George (2002)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that the 
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could be divided into two lineages: a plesiomorphic group comprising only 
<taxonomicName id="5F3D392885E867A659FC11702EE7E102" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="38935D1EB5C8768C58D1E02393930A05" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and a derived group composed of 
<taxonomicName id="62A4C3EE605748F5CF84E316018B9CAF" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1965" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Noodtorthopsyllus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Noodtorthopsyllus" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DE9A7C391EB92FF85AAC96A4A9390E99" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Noodtorthopsyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Lang, 1965, 
<taxonomicName id="5088CC391A37B7089238F8391F8CFC98" authorityName="Petkovski" authorityYear="1977" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Cubanocleta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cubanocleta" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="72314C51A208C908E0BB2CDB87B9824F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Cubanocleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Petkovski, 1977 and 
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<emphasis id="AC6F80BD2531E2335B9579912FA05D4B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Cristacoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huys, 1990 [the latter was considered as a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="04BF47BE3A0EEB8B5E1CBB2C2D06707C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Noodtorthopsyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 
<bibRefCitation id="FDCE8E0F1C8A03331491E0752A5E0505" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.1" author="Huys, R" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 38" refId="B16" refString="Huys, R, Kihara, TC, 2010. Systematics and phylogeny of Cristacoxidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): a review. Zootaxa 2568: 1 - 38, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.1" title="Systematics and phylogeny of Cristacoxidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): a review." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.1" volume="2568" year="2010">Huys and Kihara (2010)</bibRefCitation>
]. However, 
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transferred the genus 
<taxonomicName id="E2C19C21553AC928A3838D452FEC2427" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0D039506F2612B97D73A4FEEDE479D1D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the family 
<taxonomicName id="EC659496DA3C4127F7A2545ECE2AB509" authorityName="Brady" authorityYear="1880" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Nannopodidae</taxonomicName>
, based on a re-evaluation of the three fundamental morphological differences between the two groups suggested by George, with their newly-erected genus 
<taxonomicName id="20DC2CADDDC494389949673B6BED6940" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="35C65BDFB17A70AC39B091BD059C07C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the family 
<taxonomicName id="F080E85148CCA4FB9751489C1D8645AB" authorityName="Brady" authorityYear="1880" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Nannopodidae</taxonomicName>
for 
<taxonomicName id="8EBDD89025FD28BB174185B23E6C2299" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Laophontisochra</taxonomicName>
sp. sensu George, 2002 (= 
<taxonomicName id="33479FE089AC4C235075345EF31FD9F0" lsidName="A. biarticulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="biarticulata">
<emphasis id="B444C8C5919ECA0A883A6F797BA5DEE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A. biarticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huys &amp; Kihara, 2010) and 
<taxonomicName id="8CFD9307CD84BD3A50A3516E28389461" lsidName="A. ubatubaensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="species" species="ubatubaensis">
<emphasis id="6E5D47B5C7CEDD67B4F78BEF2276229A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A. ubatubaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huys &amp; Kihara, 2010 from the Brazilian coast. They assumed that both genera differ from the 
<taxonomicName id="27A66D40457CBC7DF50F0DC98FB90229" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Cristacoxidae</taxonomicName>
with the following evidence: (1) P1 coxa with a pair of serrated cristae (outer projections) in 
<taxonomicName id="C177476166CAFB86EDA599C63809627D" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1965" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Noodtorthopsyllus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Noodtorthopsyllus" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AE021B9A41FB2CA33B9A502E70BEE2E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Noodtorthopsyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="F08D5A521658C9D3BFB5D85712314A05" authorityName="Petkovski" authorityYear="1977" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Cubanocleta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cubanocleta" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="10924280E0A92378431A726CE6DE8840" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Cubanocleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. a single non-serrate, lobate or spinulose outgrowth in 
<taxonomicName id="B84C77036E0E2A9E9771DB292719F13C" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A36ACB32505CEC5D9B5A986FE43D86F5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="5C4594A98AC16844CC61C0917F6D5BE3" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9DD61105C504C67B8010A0FAA8BE7849" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (2) maxillipedal endopod represented by a geniculated claw in 
<taxonomicName id="1D70446D32BAF1D2E3F5604C02177712" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6762486ED5A6060EB8BB1E87DB12A40E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="C1259A883EBC2477A42189FB1C9C6D6D" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="657D35A3598DE450A46D1743630E8D10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. non-geniculated in 
<taxonomicName id="09B26032D1D3B7CB541CCF8E0EFF9A6F" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1965" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Noodtorthopsyllus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Noodtorthopsyllus" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DF30E9A2F7E03755A2208304980BDCFC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Noodtorthopsyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="E8851CE0A64AD142ADBA050452ED66D4" authorityName="Petkovski" authorityYear="1977" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Cubanocleta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cubanocleta" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9C2AC875EF5A8466C93D68D62E710C2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Cubanocleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (3) antennary exopod consistently absent in 
<taxonomicName id="2A33B8A5089048303DF9C63DCC5CF19D" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1965" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Noodtorthopsyllus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Noodtorthopsyllus" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="14A826C4E61DFC80DA33FD23FDAFD2EC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Noodtorthopsyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="ACE924C582FD612D07AA72B83FE9BA27" authorityName="Petkovski" authorityYear="1977" class="Copepoda" family="Cristacoxidae" genus="Cubanocleta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cubanocleta" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="90014FF4F3CD480F1B51988AFE4ADB2A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Cubanocleta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. atrophied in 
<taxonomicName id="DA019ACDBFA63CCB27622678F1888959" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6FDCC1779274940F7A39CEE6BDCB4A8A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="1BCC9DAEBFC762EAFC1146844C6398E6" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1E4FDB0AB4D8181BC6A05532FCAB9669" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
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: 34). In addition, 
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suggested that 
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<emphasis id="90153BBE805A2E591D7E37817AFC878E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="6CBE5AAF5EBA7AFD553843F1860906DE" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E35FE87F111DDB460C8EE99F0DBF9009" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are more closely related to both 
<taxonomicName id="3B297AE055116AD1EA89EE0C849157E2" authorityName="Poppe" authorityYear="1884" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Huntemannia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Huntemannia" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2FA3D641DAF879F0E41F2CC6FC3F3398" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Huntemannia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="50261902B38FFB2FB2F6BA8F6570DB00" authorityName="Wells" authorityYear="1985" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Rosacletodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rosacletodes" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="886856C91AAAC495D722706FD6C7D902" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Rosacletodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than to the cristacoxid genera, in that they share the presence of a coxal projection on the P1-P4 (vs. the plesiomorphic state of this character expressed in 
<taxonomicName id="DAEB573D6DD1A150ECB36C7197652600" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3799C6B397EF807D0463063BF215C019" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which lacks the coxal processes in the P2-P4). 
<bibRefCitation id="FAFBA91E610DA66A8DDA7DD1F01A4383" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.725138" author="Corgosinho, PHC" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="2865 - 2879" refId="B5" refString="Corgosinho, PHC, 2012. Talpacoxa brandini gen. et sp. nov. a new Nannopodidae Brady, 1880 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from submersed sands of Pontal do Sul (Parana, Brazil). Journal of Natural History 46: 2865 - 2879, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.725138" title="Talpacoxa brandini gen. et sp. nov. a new Nannopodidae Brady, 1880 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from submersed sands of Pontal do Sul (Parana, Brazil)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.725138" volume="46" year="2012">Corgosinho (2012)</bibRefCitation>
created the genus 
<taxonomicName id="4C40EB7A426B94251E2301D8F8A509D6" authorityName="Corgosinho" authorityYear="2012" genus="Talpacoxa" lsidName="Talpacoxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2BA1E06D8220D5179A0B64230C977743" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Talpacoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was first mentioned as &quot;Genus X&quot; by 
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and revealed close relationships amongst the genera of the nannopodid clade- 
<taxonomicName id="BACFB7E6D488BC982F4401412D02C8D7" authorityName="Poppe" authorityYear="1884" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Huntemannia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Huntemannia" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4457A22C84175659195044AF4213F8C6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Huntemannia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="F976C30A346F773CEE5DF31672258F21" authorityName="Wells" authorityYear="1985" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Rosacletodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rosacletodes" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E9B3DF90DF4FEE66B058468F60D91C5E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Rosacletodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="049A5F668DEA18DD4B7B42F0BE870153" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E86FDE2085941292468245ED39151430" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="292066E9A7DB07E253E0048664F501A6" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F8B8937340BFA5F865E7B74DC959B477" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="269E58EBE65477AD58AF3CCF172D2197" authorityName="Corgosinho" authorityYear="2012" genus="Talpacoxa" lsidName="Talpacoxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="19B2A6438DD79AC4EC0C991BBCCDB127" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Talpacoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-supported by three synapomorphies that are likely morphological adaptations to a burrowing lifestyle: (1) P1 coxa with an outer projection; (2) the P2-P4 exopods one- or two-segmented; and (3) the P2-P4 endopods one-segmented or vestigial.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC92D476233DE6E8121C326CFA203561" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
The new genus 
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<emphasis id="A28F70C2CFAE81BF4C69F20E4BAF6EE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. is assigned to the 
<taxonomicName id="CE58804926BECB7BEF0E512D9EA5218D" authorityName="Brady" authorityYear="1880" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Nannopodidae</taxonomicName>
because, as a member of the nannopodid clade, it exhibits the burrowing adaptation of the thoracopods. 
<taxonomicName id="CF8C0E61B40CCA580ABF9B533128DA8A" authorityName="Kim &amp; Lee" authorityYear="2020" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Concilicoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Concilicoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="28530E5F6CEEF8A942C32EC242B7A6C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. appears to be closely related to both 
<taxonomicName id="C2517CB3FA43CD678F11C5EE10914C12" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="01ED43FD74EDDDBD6DD6021088CAA42A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="CDD3B34C4C5C407CBD6FE68E4D910581" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="12BE935486CE2943F53E2BB1C29A4AAE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that they share four-segmented female antennules with elongate first segments, the prehensile P1 endopod, the presence of coxal outer projection on the P1, large and broad intercoxal sclerites on the P2-P4, the general shape of the female genital field (with a large copulatory pore and a well-developed operculum derived from P6) and elongate caudal rami. However, the novel genus is easily distinguishable from 
<taxonomicName id="BB1903DF0E2C2270D52FAB51A13FB658" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="70A2D8D5440C57826E30322AC576CCE8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the distal armature of the antennary endopod with three geniculate and three non-geniculate elements (vs. four geniculate and two non-geniculate elements in 
<taxonomicName id="CEBEA1B252546543C2513FBF4C5C8CCF" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5A4ABB22DCAA51FBDA0799CE00A6700B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the presence of coxal outer projections in the P2-P4 (vs. absent in 
<taxonomicName id="4E5A2E8B8AC5E40D3DF2154D43745DFF" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="90BE44ACD539C849EED063E26D43E18D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and one-segmented exopods in the P2-P4 (vs. two-segmented in 
<taxonomicName id="1A9078319B50C80D93F415F3B8A506A2" authorityName="George" authorityYear="2002" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Laophontisochra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laophontisochra" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DC4810D6EEE1846D098EE315EC8F0119" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The new genus is also different from 
<taxonomicName id="1F1F95444FF39B43DD71CE80AA2FECDB" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="735B278A4A535F41A338E346071A917B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the absence of the P2 endopod (vs. one-segmented in 
<taxonomicName id="0A661B7802E7E468F3E41D9E4B19BC97" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E22E05A8A0E3AF1A4D8179B7A54D8C60" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a serrate coxal outer projection in the P1-P4 (vs. acute in 
<taxonomicName id="C6312C94208CFD29AD2DEBB2E17D6171" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="521A2BCC494177C240E022279836D610" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the female P5 exopod and baseoendopod separate (vs. fused into a single plate in 
<taxonomicName id="8BCC92AD31C9E0F714D95F071469E22D" authorityName="Huys &amp; Kihara" authorityYear="2010" class="Copepoda" family="Nannopodidae" genus="Acuticoxa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acuticoxa" order="Harpacticoida" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A804E041AF79486A6175147A9F9DC76B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E1469C2DF244912854B2FDE108C775E1" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
In contrast to a close resemblance with both genera in habitus and thoracopod morphology, 
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gen. nov. displays unambiguous autapomorphies that require the formation of a new genus: (1) the loss of the mandibular exopod, as observed in 
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<emphasis id="00F3ADB5CBE25E42C7D357CFBF3C6676" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Huntemannia</emphasis>
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, is more derived than the exopod represented by a single seta; (2) the mandibular endopod is two-segmented, which seems to be secondarily divided, comparing to other related genera with only one-segmented endopod; (3) the P1exp-2 comprises a total of only four elements, but five or six setae in 
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<emphasis id="1A6FE723818EDF15866029367D1E093E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Laophontisochra</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="90968C4BD0B8C47FEF09B68264A6BFF2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Acuticoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, respectively (in the original description of 
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<emphasis id="BF5DFF35B744C6BB703229AE342BFB3E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. terueae</emphasis>
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, this segment was described as having one lateral and three terminal setae, but was depicted as having three outer and three terminal elements; see 
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2014
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: fig. 11A); and (4) the intercoxal sclerites of P3 and P4 are laterally fused with the coxae in 
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<emphasis id="FEAD4CD42A8AD059BDF864B85C2A0189" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa</emphasis>
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gen. nov. (Figs 
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, 
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, 
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), but this fusion has rarely been reported in harpacticoid copepods (i.e. 
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<emphasis id="39E966193BAF53CA5E31135F691FB79A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Orthopsyllus</emphasis>
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sp. of the family 
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Huys, 1990; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="E175699F193D2B773DEFFA03DD04660F" author="Huys, R" journalOrPublisher="The Ray Society, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" refId="B14" refString="Huys, R, Boxshall, GA, 1991. Copepod Evolution. The Ray Society, London" title="Copepod Evolution." year="1991">Huys and Boxshall 1991</bibRefCitation>
). By contrast, the presence of the maxillular exopod, as observed in 
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<emphasis id="782E700E6994970CBD0716F5F7C55622" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Talpacoxa</emphasis>
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demonstrates a more plesiomorphic state than the lack of endopod.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EC50A4D3DD5BE293270BDFB30B437878" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="4838C0F04159BEE1785764983F54F73B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B8470EE1F740B60BA312FA11C1813B86" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa hispida</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., scanning electron micrograph, female (
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) 
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habitus, lateral 
<emphasis id="D87A689C4D7B4A711BABA5889959377C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
P3, anterior 
<emphasis id="441694C9F23C96209772978E171373CC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
P4, anterior. Male (
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) 
<emphasis id="4EBFEDDB81FE7D2C521B785D47D24BE3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
P3, anterior. Arrowheads indicate fusion of coxa and intercoxal sclerite.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="EABDAB220DAA2F4AAF28ADA78102CCA7" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
The males of 
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<emphasis id="DF9A19EE565722358E10BF643EF6A390" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa</emphasis>
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gen. nov. exhibit distinctive potential autapomorphies for the genus as follows: (1) the P3 endopod has a sexual dimorphic distal element that is a robust spine; (2) the shape of P5 is nearly similar to that of the female; and (3) the caudal rami show sexual dimorphisms in the length of caudal seta V, the issuing position of setae I and II and the number of tube pores. However, we could not compare these characters with other related genera, because males of 
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<emphasis id="6C498E19696CE5F143156059CF8ED9BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. maryamae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="E8E9F109D626B0998F4A46C04467258E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">A. ubatubaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remain unknown. The sexual dimorphism of thoracopods is one of the most robust characters used to assess the phylogenic relationships between genera and between families because it facilitates comparison of the positions of homologue elements (such as setae or apophyses) of rami in females and males (
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; 
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). In this nannopodid clade, the known males tend to exhibit differences in morphology of the P3 endopod: (1) the male of 
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<emphasis id="2F9EBC372ADA59798AC0A29475E5A503" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Rosacletodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a two-segmented P3 endopod with an elongate inner apophysis on enp-2, instead of a single seta as in the female (
<bibRefCitation id="03CB72F46D930239EC81646D78E70574" author="Pallares, RE" journalOrPublisher="Contribuciones Cientificas del Centro de Investigacion de Biologia Marina (CIBIMA), Buenos Aires" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="3 - 39" refId="B25" refString="Pallares, RE, 1982. Copepodos harpacticoides marinos de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). IV. Bahia Thetis. Contribuciones Cientificas del Centro de Investigacion de Biologia Marina (CIBIMA), Buenos Aires 186: 3 - 39" title="Copepodos harpacticoides marinos de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). IV. Bahia Thetis." volume="186" year="1982">Pallares 1982</bibRefCitation>
); (2) all known males of the species of 
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<emphasis id="64A9AF61136484D959327B0C16FB0D83" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Huntemannia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have an additional armature element on the P3 endopod, with no differences in segmentation as in 
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<emphasis id="0D9F96E0F80A3A2C997866D8B199C336" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Nannopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="C4E9CF77038A34490466977AC35EFAFA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Pontopolites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="782407665CD0EBB04F7595623AD812DD" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0731-2" author="Karanovic, T" journalOrPublisher="Marine Biodiversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="23" pagination="367 - 393" refId="B17" refString="Karanovic, T, Cho, J-L, 2018. Second members of the harpacticoid genera Pontopolites and Pseudoleptomesochra (Crustacea, Copepoda) are new species from Korean marine interstitial. Marine Biodiversity 48: 367 - 393, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0731-2" title="Second members of the harpacticoid genera Pontopolites and Pseudoleptomesochra (Crustacea, Copepoda) are new species from Korean marine interstitial." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0731-2" volume="48" year="2018">Karanovic and Cho 2018</bibRefCitation>
); (3) the male of 
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<emphasis id="416E8BFDB4D88D6DB2731D7341AA33DC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">T. brandini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits a distal small apophysis on the one-segmented P3 endopod; and (4) although the male of 
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<emphasis id="5A464A75220DA3E88850A8446A1CF631" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. maryamae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has yet to be discovered, there is no sexual dimorphism on the P3 in 
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<emphasis id="FCA1D717B8CA06D6A38C4061506F18BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. terueae</emphasis>
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, whose taxonomic position seems to be problematic (see below). The male P3 endopod of the new genus presented herein is one-segmented with a stout spine (Figs 
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, 
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), whereas the female P3 endopod is represented by an unarmed protrusion. Such diverse sexual dimorphism of the P3 endopod prevents deeper insight into the systematic position of this clade within the 
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. We hypothesise that the lack of original outer element on the female P3 endopod in 
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<emphasis id="D80F4F1454B8365503025920DEB5C523" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">L. maryamae</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="DEAB1BC0A2A17645DA62F7675609A32C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">C. hispida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov. leads to the absence of the sexual dimorphic apophysis in the male. In contrast, the presence of a small apophysis on the corresponding ramus in 
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<emphasis id="3702098D974763DD78D39FD78E00B778" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">T. brandini</emphasis>
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seems to be derived from a rudimental apical seta in the female.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83A167D7D50C4E4A3DFFF0E4B272A089" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">
Harpacticoids generally display sexual dimorphism in the size, shape and setae of the male P5. However, no sexual dimorphism has been observed in the male P5 of 
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Arbizu &amp; Moura, 1994 (
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Arbizu and Moura 1994
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). Additionally, both sexes bear the same number of setae/spines on the P5 of some taxa, such as 
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Boeck, 1873, 
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Huys, 1988, 
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Sars, 1903 and 
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Huys, 1990 (
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; 
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; 
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and Moore 1995
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; 
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). Except for 
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, the P5 of these families is remarkably reduced or represented by a single plate in both sexes. Although this sexual dimorphism is observed in other nannopodid genera, the structure of this leg in our new taxon is very similar in both sexes, except for micro-ornamentation, such as cuticular spinules and pores (Fig. 
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). In addition, the male of 
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gen. nov. expresses rare sexual dimorphisms in the shape of the caudal rami (oval in the female, but rectangular in the male), the length of caudal seta V (slightly longer than the caudal ramus in the female, but slightly shorter than the urosome in the male), the number of pores on the surface (one pore in the female vs. two pores in the male) and the lateral ornamentation (the presence of a row of long setules proximally in the female vs. absent in the male). These sexual dimorphisms could support the erection of a new genus 
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<emphasis id="04EF035142435A8861704942B5039F46" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="23">Concilicoxa</emphasis>
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gen. nov.
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