Pseudoameiropsis suphankaraytugi, Sönmez, 2019

Sönmez, Serdar, 2019, Description of Pseudoameiropsis suphankaraytugi sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ameiridae) with the first report of the genus Pseudoameiropsis Pallares, 1982 outside of the South Atlantic Ocean, Turkish Journal of Zoology 43 (3), pp. 255-264 : 256

Genus Pseudoameiropsis Pallares, 1982 Pseudoameiropsis suphankaraytugi sp. nov. ( Figures 1–4 )

3.2. Material examined

Holotype: Adult ♀ (ZMADYU 2007/267) dissected and mounted on eight slides, collected from the type locality, 24.11.2007, leg. Serdar Sak, Serdar Sönmez.

Paratypes: One adult ♀ (ZMADYU 2007/268) dissected and mounted on four slides and one whole adult ♀ (ZMADYU 2007/269) preserved in alcohol, collected from the type locality (36°08.315′N, 35°54.598′E), 24.11.2007, leg. Serdar Sak, Serdar Sönmez. One adult ♀ (ZMADYU 2007/270) dissected and mounted on one slide, collected from Samandağ Beach / Hatay (36°05.783′N, 35°56.182′E), 24.11.2007, leg. Serdar Sak, Serdar Sönmez.

Type locality: Intertidal zone of Viranşehir Beach / Mersin, Turkey (36°08.315′N, 35°54.598′E), interstitial .

Figures

Figure 1. P. suphankaraytugi sp. nov., holotype, ♀, habitus: a) dorsal, b) lateral, c) rostrum.

Figure 2. P.suphankaraytugi sp. nov., holotype, ♀: a) urosome, ventral; b) anal somite and caudal rami, dorsal; c) P5.

Figure 3. P.suphankaraytugi sp. nov., holotype, ♀: a) A1, b) A2, c) labrum, d) mandibular gnathobase, e) mandibular palp, f) maxillule, g) maxilla, h) maxilliped.

Figure 4. P. suphankaraytugi sp. nov., holotype, ♀, swimming legs, anterior: a) P1, b) P2, c) P3, d) P4.