Notopterophorus elongatus Buchholz, 1869

Kim, Il-Hoi & Boxshall, Geoff A., 2020, Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata), Megataxa 4 (1), pp. 1-6 : 142

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4591205

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scientific name

Notopterophorus elongatus Buchholz, 1869
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Notopterophorus elongatus Buchholz, 1869

( Fig. 92B, C View FIGURE 92 )

Material examined. 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (MNHN-IU-2018-1917) and 1 dissected ♀ (figured) from Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815) , Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.

Remarks. The female of N. elongatus has short filiform processes on the dorsal wings of the pedigerous somites. There are 3 filiform processes on the dorsal wing of first pedigerous somite, two processes on each wing of the second and third pedigerous somites, and a single process on the wing of the fourth pedigerous somite ( Giesbrecht, 1882; Illg & Dudley, 1965). However, other studies have indicated that these processes are sometimes absent (e.g. Buchholz, 1869), or present only on some of the wings ( Fig. 92B, C View FIGURE 92 ).

Buchholz, R. (1869) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der innerhalb der Ascidien lebenden parasitischen Crustaceen des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift f ̡ r wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 19, 99 - 155, pls. 5 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53715

Giesbrecht, W. (1882) BeitragezurKenntniseinigerNotodelphyiden. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 3, 293 - 372, pls. 22 - 24.

Illg, P. L. & Dudley, P. L. (1965) Notodelphyid copepods from the vicinity of Naples. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, 34, 373 - 451.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 92. Habitus of three species of Notopterophorus. A, female N. auritus (Thorell, 1859), right; B, C, female N. elongatus Buchholz, 1869, right and dorsal; D, E, female N. papilio Hesse, 1864, right and ventral. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

SubPhylum

Tunicata

Class

Maxillopoda

Order

Cyclopoida

Family

Notodelphyidae

Genus

Notopterophorus