taxonID	type	description	language	source
04618796FF978C5B38E0B808FB73BD7C.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: E 9 D 7 AEBD- 6808 - 4 E 84 - 876 B- 8 AFDF 6 D 3 C 68 B	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5B38E0B808FB73BD7C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov. by monotypy.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5B38E0B808FB73BD7C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (based on the type and only species). Laophontidae: Laophontinae. Body semicylindrical depressed. Rostrum short, fused to cephalothorax, the latter visibly longer than succeeding prosomites combined; surface of pro- and urosomites covered with tiny spinules, with posterior margins finely serrated. Genital double-somite of the female with dorsal and lateral transverse ridge marking the original segmentation, fused ventrally. Anal operculum crescentic. Caudal rami with convex outer margins, inner margins nearly straight, with six setae. Female antennule six-, male antennule eight-segmented and subchirocer; second segment with slender setae only and with long sharp spiniform process. Antenna with allobasis; with relatively well-developed abexopodal seta; exopod small, one-segmented, with three setae, one of which visibly thicker; free endopodal segment with two lateral and two distal inner spines, two medial single geniculate setae, and one distal outer geniculate seta fused basally to small slender element. Mandible with one-segmented palp bearing one basal, three endopodal, and one exopodal seta. Maxillulary basal endite with two setae; exopod with two, endopod with three setae. Maxillary syncoxa with three endites with one, three, and two elements, respectively; endopod incorporated to allobasis and represented by three setae. Maxilliped with two syncoxal setae; basis unarmed; endopod with claw and small accompanying seta. Armature formula of swimming legs as follows: P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 EXP 0,022 0,1,123 0,1,223 0,1,223 ENP 0,020 0,120 0,221 0,121 ♀ 0,221 ♂ Female P 5 with six exopodal and five endopodal setae, respectively. Male P 5 with four setae plus basal element.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5B38E0B808FB73BD7C.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The genus name is formed by the prefix India -, and the suffix - phonte, and refers to the country where the new taxon was found, and its belonging to the Laophontidae. Gender feminine.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5238E0BC5EFAF3BC14.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 56 E 9060 F-D 349 - 4913 - 94 D 0 - A 2 D 37677 FD 8 D (Figs. 2 – 17)	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5238E0BC5EFAF3BC14.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: Coral area of Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea, India (10.57 ° N 72.64 ° E). Type material: ♀ holotype (MBM / DBT / 14 / 23), dissected and mounted on 4 slides; ♂ allotype (MBM / DBT / 15 / 23), undissected, mounted on one slide; one ♀ paratype (MBM / DBT / 16 / 23), dissected and mounted on 4 slides; two ♀♀ paratypes (INPA 1339 b and INPA 1339 d), undissected and mounted on one slide each; one ♂ paratype (MBM / DBT / 17 / 23), dissected and mounted on 4 slides; all from the type locality; Neelima Vasu Kanikulath leg.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5238E0BC5EFAF3BC14.taxon	description	Female. Body (Figs 2 A, B, 3 A) semi cylindrical depressed, tapering posteriad, widest at the middle of cephalothorax; total body length ranging from 518 µm – 772 µm (n = 14) measured from the anterior tip of rostrum to posterior margin of caudal rami. Prosome composed of cephalothorax with rostrum, and P 2 – P 4 - bearing somites; rostrum (Figs. 2 A, 3 A, 4 A, B) short, fused to cephalothorax, the latter visibly longer than succeeding prosomites combined; surface of prosomites with rows of tiny spinules; posterior margin of prosomites finely serrated. Urosome (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B, 4 D) tapering posteriad and composed of P 5 - bearing somite, genital double-somite, two free somites, and anal somite with caudal rami; surface of urosomites with rows of minute spinules; posterior margin of urosomites, except for anal somite, with finely serrated margin. Genital double-somite (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B, 4 D) longer than wide; with dorsal and lateral transverse ridge marking original segmentation, fused ventrally. Anal somite with tiny spinules dorsally, and with oblique spinular row from each side of the crescentic anal operculum to posterior medial margin of somite (Fig. 3 A, B). Caudal rami (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, B, 4 D, 5 A, B) with strongly convex outer margins, inner margins nearly straight; with spinular ornamentation as shown; with six setae as follows: setae II and III lateral, the former shorter; seta IV short, slender, issuing at distal outer corner; seta V spiniform, short, conical; seta VI at inner distal corner, shorter than seta IV, slender; dorsal seta VII triarticulated basally. Antennule (Figs. 2 A, B, 3 A, 4 A – C, 6 A) six-segmented, without spinular ornamentation except for inner subdistal spinular row on first segment; first and second segments about twice as long as wide, the latter with medial outer spiniform, backwards recurved, pointed process; third segment narrower than preceding segments, about twice as long as wide; fourth and fifth segments shortest; sixth segment elongate. All setae slender except for spiniform conical element on sixth segment. Armature formula as follows: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (5), 4 (1 + ae), 5 (1), 6 (7 + (1 + ae )). Antenna (Fig. 6 B) with unornamented coxa. Allobasis as long as free endopodal segment, with subdistal abexopodal seta and longitudinal row of inner spinules. Exopod small, one-segmented, with three setae, one of which thicker. Free endopodal segment with longitudinal row of inner spinules, and with distal transverse spinular row; with two stout lateral spines, two distal inner stout spines, two medial single geniculate setae, and one distal outer geniculate seta fused basally to small slender element. Mandible (Fig. 6 C) with well-developed coxa; gnathobase with uni- and multicuspidate teeth and one ventral seta. Palp elongate, with one distal (basal) seta, set of three (endopodal) medial elements, and one outer (exopodal) seta. Maxillule (Fig. 6 D) with well-developed praecoxal arthrite with curved row of spinules and with seven distal spines and one ventral seta. Coxal endite elongate, with longitudinal row of outer spinules, with one bare and one geniculate seta. Basal endite with one pinnate seta. Exopod small, one-segmented, with two slender setae. Maxilla (Fig. 6 E) with large syncoxa with two inner proximal and one outer subdistal spinular row; with three endites of which proximal elongate and with one seta, middle with one spinulose element fused to endite and two setae, distal endite with two elements. Allobasis drawn out into spinulose claw with three accompanying elements of which one visibly stronger. Endopod incorporated to allobasis, represented by three setae. Maxilliped (Fig. 6 F) with syncoxa, basis and endopod. Syncoxa with two setae. Basis naked, elongated. Endopod small, with distal claw and tiny accessory seta. P 1 (Figs. 7 A, 8 A) with rectangular coxa with longitudinal row of outer spinules. Basis trapezoidal, with two anterior curved rows of spinules one of which close to proximal inner corner, the other at distal outer quadrant, and with one inner smooth spine and one outer bipinnate seta. Exopod situated at a lower level than endopod, two-segmented, barely reaching middle of ENP 1; EXP 1 and EXP 2 subequal in length; EXP 1 with two transverse rows of spinules, unarmed; EXP 2 with two outer spines and two geniculate distal setae, with row of outer spinules. Endopod two-segmented; ENP 1 elongate, four times as long as ENP 2, with longitudinal row of inner setules as shown, unarmed; ENP 2 about two times as long as wide, with one strong claw. P 2 (Figs. 7 B, 8 B) with elongate, unornamented intercoxal sclerite. Praecoxa with outer subdistal row of spinules. Coxa rectangular, with transverse row of outer spinules. Basis trapezoid, with transverse row of outer spinules, with outer spiniform element. Exopod three-segmented; segments with outer spinules as figured; EXP 1 and EXP 2 with outer spine, the former without, the latter with inner seta; EXP 3 with three outer spines, two distal, and one inner seta. Endopod two-segmented, reaching slightly beyond EXP 2, segments subequal in length; ENP 1 with inner setules, unarmed; ENP 2 with long inner ornaments, with one inner and two distal setae. P 3 (Figs. 7 C, 9 A) with intercoxal sclerite, praecoxa, and coxa like in P 2. Basis like in P 2 except for outer bare setiform element. Exopod three-segmented; spinular ornamentation like in P 2; EXP 1 and EXP 2 like in P 2; EXP 3 with three outer spines, two distal, and two inner setae. Endopod two-segmented, reaching beyond EXP 2; ENP 1 shorter than ENP 2; ENP 1 like in P 2; ENP 2 ornamented like in P 2, with two inner, two distal, and one outer seta. P 4 (Figs. 7 D, 9 B) with intercoxal sclerite, praecoxa, and coxa like in P 2. Basis like in P 3. Exopod three-segmented; spinular ornamentation like in P 2 and P 3; EXP 1 and EXP 2 like in P 2 and P 3; EXP 3 like in P 3. Endopod two-segmented, reaching middle of EXP 2; relative length of ENP 1 and ENP 2 like in P 3; ENP 1 like in P 2 and P 3; ENP 2 ornamented like in P 2 and P 3, with one inner, two distal, and one outer seta. P 5 (Figs. 7 E, 9 C) with baseoendopod and exopod separate, the former reaching the middle of the latter, with spinules between endopodal setae as shown. EXP with six setae. Male. Body shape (Figs. 10, 11 A) like in female; total body length ranging from 508 µm to 756 µm (n = 10) measured from the anterior tip of rostrum to posterior margin of caudal rami. Prosome and urosome largely like in female, except for genital somite and third urosomite separated in the male (Figs. 10, 11 A – D). Caudal rami (Figs. 10, 11 A – E, 13 A, B) narrower than in female, with seta V well-developed. Antennule (Figs. 10, 11 A, 12 A, B, 14) eight-segmented, subchirocer, with geniculation between fifth and sixth segments; first and second segments subequal in length, the latter with outer spiniform projection; third and fourth segments short; fifth segment swollen, with seven elements of which three slender setae, one spinulose and one spiniform element, and one seta fused basally to long aesthetasc; sixth segment elongate, with five elements of which four slender setae, and one spiniform element; seventh segment small; eighth segment elongate, conical. Armature formula as follows: 1 (1), 2 (7), 3 (4), 4 (2), 5 (5 + (1 + ae), 6 (5), 7 (1), 8 (3 + (1 + ae). Antenna, mandible, maxillule, maxilla, and maxilliped (not shown) like in female. P 1 (Figs. 15 A, 16 A), P 2 (Figs. 15 B, 16 B), and P 3 (Figs. 15 C, 17 A) like in female. P 4 (Figs. 15 D, 17 B) with intercoxal sclerite, praecoxa, coxa, and basis like in female. Exopod largely like in female. Endopod relatively longer than in female; ENP 1 reaching tip of EXP 1, unarmed; ENP 2 reaching proximal third of EXP 3, with two inner, two distal, and one outer seta. P 5 (Figs. 11 C, D, 15 E) with five setae of which outer basal. P 6 (Fig. 11 C, 13 C, 15 F) small, fused to somite, with two setae.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
04618796FF978C5238E0BC5EFAF3BC14.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The new species is dedicated to Senior Professor Dr S. Bijoy Nandan, Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences, CUSAT and former Vice Chancellor of Kannur University. It is a noun in the genitive case.	en	Vasu, Neelima, Gómez, Samuel (2026): Indiaphonte bijoyi gen. et sp. nov., a new laophontid (Harpacticoida: Laophontidae: Laophontinae) from the Southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 5741 (2): 287-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.3
