Nitocra serdarsaki, Yıldız & Karaytuğ, 2024
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Nitocra serdarsaki |
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sp. nov. |
Nitocra serdarsaki sp. nov.
Figs 15 View Figure 15 , 16 View Figure 16 , 17 View Figure 17
Type material.
Holotype: Türkiye • 1 ♂ (dissected on 7 slides) (reg. no. TCRC-2013/16). Ertuğrul Bay, Seddülbahir Beach; 40°2.5608'N, 26°11.0772'E; 29/09/2013; Drs Serdar Sak, Alp Alper, Orkan Metin Leg. This specimen was previously deposited in the collection of Biology Department of Balıkesir University which was labelled as N. affinis as a result of the faunistic project from Saros Bay, under the project number TÜBİTAK TBAG-212T105).
Description
(adult male holotype): Body (Fig. 15A, B View Figure 15 ) semi-cylindrical, total body length measured from tip of the rostrum to posterior end of the caudal rami 582 μm (n = 1). Sensilla and pores as figured (Fig. 15A-D View Figure 15 ). Rostrum small, with two sensilla on distal margin, without rostral extension apically (Fig. 15E View Figure 15 ). Anal somite with two sensilla on both sides of anal operculum; posterior end covered with robust spinules; inner distal and lateral margin with small spinules and a pair of pores medially on ventral surface. Anal operculum (Fig. 15C View Figure 15 ) with eleven robust spinules along posterior margin. Caudal rami small and squarish; with transverse fine setules dorsally extending inner margin dorsally, and with a row of spinules laterally; ventrally with pores on near anterior and posterior margin (Fig. 15D View Figure 15 ).
Antennule (Fig. 16A View Figure 16 ). Setal pattern and structure similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for segments weaker developed than in N. loweae sp. nov.
Antenna (Fig. 16B View Figure 16 ) comprising coxa, allobasis, one-segmented endopod and one- segmented exopod similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for allobasis with spinules only on the middle of inner margin; spinule row along inner margin of free endopodal segment; more sparsely distributed than in N. loweae sp. nov.; inner apical seta of free endopodal segment 1.5 × as long as the adjacent apical seta; subdistal seta of exopod weakly pinnate.
Mandible (Fig. 16C View Figure 16 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for exopod with four naked apical setae (two of them fused basally) and without spinules.
Maxilla (Fig. 16D View Figure 16 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for allobasis without spinules along convex margin near the base of endopod; endopod with one long seta.
Maxilliped (Fig. 16E View Figure 16 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for syncoxa ~ 2.6 × as long as maximum width; basis ~ 2.7 × as long as maximum width.
Maxillule similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov.
P1 (Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for exopod extends the level of inner seta of enp-1; enp-1 ~ 4.5 × as long as maximum width, inner margin with four well-developed spinules along inner margin, subdistal unipinnate seta located more proximally than in N. loweae sp. nov.; exp-3 with one spinule on outer proximal margin.
P2 (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for intercoxal sclerite with spinules on anterior surface; coxa unornamented; basis with setules along inner margin; inner margin of exp-3 unornamented; spinules along outer margin of exp-2, 3 weaker than in N. loweae sp. nov.; inner seta of enp-3 unipinnate at distal half and stronger than in N. loweae sp. nov.
P3 (Fig. 17C View Figure 17 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for intercoxal sclerite with spinules on anterior surface; basis with setules along inner margin; Innermost seta of enp-3 unipinnate at distal half and stronger than in N. loweae sp. nov.; inner apical seta naked and as long as outer spine.
P4 (Fig. 17D View Figure 17 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for spinulose row near the base of endopod weakly developed; exp-1 with two fine setules along inner margin; middle inner seta of exp-3, longest and stronger than that of N. loweae sp. nov.; innermost seta of enp-3 stronger than in N. loweae sp. nov.; subdistal inner seta of enp-3 shorter than in N. loweae sp. nov.
P5 (Fig. 16F View Figure 16 ) similar to that of N. loweae sp. nov. except for baseoendopod with four bipinnate setae, the outermost seta short and ~ 1/2 as long as the other setae.
Female. Unknown
Etymology.
The specific name is given in honour of Prof Dr Serdar Sak from Balıkesir University for his contribution to copepod taxonomy in Türkiye. It is a noun in the genitive case.
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