Nototanoides trifurcatus Sieg & Heard, 1985

Morales-Núñez, Andrés G. & Ramos-Tafur, Gabriel E., 2023, Nototanoides oliveri, a new sponge-dwelling nototanaid tanaidacean (Crustacea Tanaidomorpha, Tanaidacea) from eastern Gulf of Mexico, with an illustrated taxonomic key, and the first record of harpacticoid copepods within the marsupium of ovigerous female tanaids, Zootaxa 5346 (3), pp. 242-270 : 247

Nototanoides trifurcatus Sieg & Heard, 1985

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We have re-examined type material of N. trifurcatus , made corrections and additions to the morphology of its antennule and chelipeds.

Diagnosis. See Sieg & Heard (1985).

Material examined. Type material. Holotype ( USNM 222507 ), Ovigerous ♀; east Flower Garden Bank, Gollums Lake , off Texas coast; 27°54'36.64''N – 93°34'53.27''W, depth 72 m; station 80-24.

Allotype ( USNM 222508 ), one ♁; east Flower Garden Bank, Gollums Lake , off Texas coast; 27°54'36.64''N – 93°34'53.27''W, depth 72 m; station 80-24.

Paratypes: ( USNM 216176 ) , six ♀♀, three ♁♁; east Flower Garden Bank, Gollums Lake , off Texas coast; 27°54'36.64''N – 93°34'53.27''W, Sta. 80-19; ( USNM 216177 ), one neuter , one ♀, two ♁♁; east Flower Garden Bank, Gollums Lake , off Texas coast; 27°54'36.64''N – 93°34'53.27''W, Sta. 80- R9 ; ( USNM 216178 ) , one ♀; east Flower Garden Bank , Dive 6 .

Additional Material: ( USNM 216179), one ♀; Texas Hard Bank Study ; 27°49'24''N – 93°03'42''W, depth 190 m; ( USNM 216182 ) , one ♀; Project Hour Glass (Florida West Coast); 26°24'00''N – 83°22'00''W, depth 54.9 m; station L; ( USNM 216182 ) one ♀; Project Hour Glass (Florida West Coast); 27°37'00''N – 83°28'00''W, depth 36.6 m; station D .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Nototanoides trifurcatus, holotype (USNM 222507), female.A, antennule (partial illustrated). Nototanoides oliveri sp. nov. paratype ovigerous female. B, antennule; C, enlargement of antennular articles 2 to 3, showing presence of aesthetascs, ventral view; D, antenna; E, enlargement of bipinnate spiniform seta; F, labrum; G, left mandible; H; right mandible; Scale bars = 0.1 mm for A–D, F–H.