Siolicaris sp.

Reddy, Ranga & Arbizu, Martínez, 2012, Revision of the genus Siolicaris Jakobi, 1972, with redescriptions of S. sioli (Noodt, 1963) and S. jakobi (Noodt, 1963) from South America, and S. sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov. from India (Copepoda, Harpacticoida,, Zootaxa 3493, pp. 49-71 : 59

Siolicaris sp. South American female

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Material examined. 2 ♀♀ dissected and mounted on a single slide (Case 4, slide 14), identified by Noodt as Parastenocaris ♀♀ digitata + jakobi .

Sampling locality. Same as of Siolicaris sioli and S. jakobi .

Description. Female. Sexually dimorphic in A1, P3–P4 and genital somite.

A1 7-segmented ( Fig. 5A), not geniculate; armature beginning with proximal segment as follows: 0/4/4/1+Ae/ 1/1/9+Ae.

P1 ( Fig. 5B) basis and enp-1 without inner ornamentation.

P2 endopod as in Fig. 5C

P 3 ( Fig. 5F) exp 2-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine, exp-2 with two distal setae and hyaline frill at distal inner corner; enp represented by tiny spine.

P4 enp ( Fig. 5D–E) spiniform, longer than exp-1, with scattered spinules along distal half.