Monstrilla Dana, 1849

Suárez-Morales, Eduardo, 2024, Two new species of Monstrilla (Copepoda: Monstrilloida: Monstrillidae) from a protected reef system of the Mexican Caribbean, European Journal of Taxonomy 917, pp. 152-169 : 153

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.917.2395
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10498256
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scientific name	Monstrilla Dana, 1849
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The two species studied here can be assigned to the genus Monstrilla by the presence of 1) a single urosomite between the genital double-somite and the anal somite, 2) well-developed fifth legs, with two ramal lobes usually carrying setae, and 3) six setae on each caudal ramus. This combination of characters is unique among the accepted genera of monstrilloids ( Isaac 1975; Suárez-Morales & McKinnon 2014; Jeon et al. 2018).