Jejulaophonte, Back, Jinwook & Lee, Wonchoel, 2014

Back, Jinwook & Lee, Wonchoel, 2014, A new genus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae) from Jeju Island of Korea, ZooKeys 447, pp. 1-20 : 2

Taxon classification Animalia Harpacticoida Laophontidae

Jejulaophonte gen. n.

Diagnosis.

Laophontidae . Body elongate, sub-cylindrical, not dorsoventrally depressed; genital field with 2 setae each on P6 and small copulatory pore located in median depression; anal operculum well developed. Sexual dimorphism in antennules, P3-P6, and genital segmentation; rostrum small, fused at base; antennule with a small process in segment 2 and 7-segmented subchirocer in male, aesthetasc on segment 4 and 6 in female, 5 and 7 in male; maxillary syncoxa with 2 endites, endopod represented by 2 setae fused basally and 1 small naked seta; P1 exopod– 2 with 5 setae; P2 smaller than P3 and P4; P3 enp-2 in male produced into a conspicuous apophysis.

Type and only species.

Jejulaophonte hyeopjaeensis sp. n.