Notopterophorus elongatus Buchholz 1869
- Dataset
- Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Cyclopoida
- family
- Notodelphyidae
- genus
- Notopterophorus
- species
- Notopterophorus elongatus
description
(Fig. 92 B, C)
discussion
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. 92 B, C).
materials_examined
Material examined. 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (MNHN-IU- 2018 - 1917) and 1 dissected ♀ (figured) from Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815), Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.