Monstrilla xcalakensis Suárez-Morales 2024, sp. nov. ...
Zenodo, 2024
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Monstrilla xcalakensis sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0C50D553-D29D-499E-A16A-93EFBE8EAC9B Figs 1–3 Differential diagnosis Medium- to large-sized female Monstrilla with elongate, cylindrical cephalothorax constituting more than 60% of body length and prominent oral cone situated one-third of way along ventral surface of cephalothorax. Antennule four-segmented and segments 1–4 separate. Outer exopodal spines of legs 1–4 long and acute. Genital double-somite with anterioventral expansion carrying pair of posteriorly directed ovigerous spines, these not reaching to tips of caudal rami. Fifth legs bilobed, both lobes of similar length and breadth (endopodal lobe slightly shorter) and fused to each other in distal half; endopodal lobe armed with single seta, exopodal lobe with three setae. Caudal rami each bearing six setae, with proximal ends of apical setae III and IV much swollen. Etymology The specific name, an adjectival Mayan toponym (+ Latin suffix ‘- ensis ’ = ‘place’), refers to the reef system of ... : Published as part of Suárez-Morales, Eduardo, 2024, Two new species of Monstrilla (Copepoda: Monstrilloida: Monstrillidae) from a protected reef system of the Mexican Caribbean, pp. 152-169 in European Journal of Taxonomy 917 on pages 154-159, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.917.2395, http://zenodo.org/record/10495738 ...