Notopterophorus auritus ( Thorell, 1859 )

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

Notopterophorus auritus ( Thorell, 1859)

( Fig. 92A )

Material examined. 6 ♀♀ (MNHN-IU-2018-1816) and 1 dissected ♀ from Ascidia mentula M̹ller, 1776, Kristineberg, Sweden.

Remarks. This species is distinguished by short dorsal humps on the first to third pedigerous somites ( Fig. 92A ).

Figures

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.