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

Notopterophorus elongatus Buchholz, 1869

( Fig. 92B, C )

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 ).

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.