Mexiclopina, Suarez-Morales, Eduardo & Almeyda-Artigas, Roberto Javier, 2015

Suarez-Morales, Eduardo & Almeyda-Artigas, Roberto Javier, 2015, A new genus and species of cyclopoid (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopinidae) from a coastal system in the Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 534, pp. 17-34 : 18

Taxon classification Animalia Cyclopoida Cyclopinidae

Genus Mexiclopina gen. n.

Type species.

Mexiclopina campechana sp. n.

Etymology.

The genus name is composed by the prefix ‘Mexi’ in reference to Mexico, the country from which it was collected and the suffix ‘clopina’ to show its affinity with the genus Cyclopina .

Diagnosis.

First pedigerous somite free, posterolateral margins of second and third pedigerous somites slightly produced. Caudal ramus with six setae, seta I absent. Female antennule 10-segmented, 6th segment longest; male antennule 15-segmented. Antenna with single exopodal seta. Mandibular palp with one basal seta, 2-segmented endopod and 4-segmented exopod; fourth exopodal segment with two ordinary setae. Maxillule endopod with seven setae, exopod with four short, stout elements. Maxilliped 6-segmented. Legs 1-4 with 3-segmented rami; spine and seta formula as for type species. Endopod segment 3 of leg 4 with modified outer seta. Female fifth leg exopod unsegmented, bearing three elements (setae/spines); male fifth leg exopod unsegmented, armed with five elements, three setae, two spines. Sixth leg with two setae in female, and with two setae plus short spiniform process in male.