taxonID	type	description	language	source
5AF16EEF611F5A5A9AD1421032313815.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	en	Fuentes-Reines, Juan M., Suarez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo (2022): A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1128: 111-127, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210
5AF16EEF611F5A5A9AD1421032313815.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Adult female holotype (INV 10139), ethanol-preserved, vial, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (10 ° 5211.25 " N, 74 ° 19 ' 31.64 " W), littoral plankton, coll. J. M. Fuentes-Reines; adult male allotype (INV CRU 10140), ethanol-preserved, vial, same sampling data as holotype. Paratypes: four females (INV CRU 10141), and three males (INV CRU 10142), same sampling data as holotype and allotype.	en	Fuentes-Reines, Juan M., Suarez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo (2022): A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1128: 111-127, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210
5AF16EEF611F5A5A9AD1421032313815.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material. Six adult females, four adult males in first authors' collection. One female and two male individuals prepared for SEM analysis.	en	Fuentes-Reines, Juan M., Suarez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo (2022): A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1128: 111-127, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210
5AF16EEF611F5A5A9AD1421032313815.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in reference to the type locality of the new species by adding the toponimic suffix in singular. The gender of the species suffix is feminine to match that of the genus.	en	Fuentes-Reines, Juan M., Suarez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo (2022): A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1128: 111-127, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210
5AF16EEF611F5A5A9AD1421032313815.taxon	description	Description of female. Body subcylindrical, tapering posteriorly (Fig. 1 A), total body length 728 - 784 μm (average = 768 μm, n = 6; holotype length = 784 μm). Rostrum small, slightly protruding, discernible in dorsal view; roughly hourglass-shaped, with flat tip; rostrum furnished apically with two pairs of short slender sensilla (Figs 1 B, 2 A). Labrum subtriangular, strong, heavily chitinized, with rugose edge apically (Figs 1 C, 2 B). Urosome short, thick (Figs 1 D, 3 D-F), comprising fifth pedigerous somite, genital double-somite and 3 free abdominal somites. Anal somite furnished with row of spinules on proximal ventral surface and along insertion of caudal rami (Figs 1 F, 3 D-F, 4 A). Anal operculum semicircular, ornamented with 5 or 6 spines (Figs 1 E, 4 A). Caudal ramus short, subquadrate, armed with 7 caudal setae (Figs 1 F, 4 A), caudal seta I shorter than ramus; seta II about 2.6 x as long as I, seta III on distal outer position, slightly longer than seta II. Setae IV and V thick, long, the former being longest; seta VI about 1.6 x as long as seta I. Dorsal seta (VII) simple, about as long as caudal ramus, shorter than seta VI (Figs 1 F, 4 A). Antennule 8 - segmented, tapering distally (Fig. 4 E), first segment robust, subquadrate, unornamented, with single seta. Aesthetasc on fourth segment long, reaching beyond distal end of terminal segment. Fourth segment as long as first. Segmental armature as follows (s = seta, ae = aesthetasc): 1 (1 s), 2 (4 s), 3 (6 s), 4 (6 + 1 ae). 5 (3 s), 6 (2), 7 (4), 8 (7 s + 1 ae). Antenna (Figs 2 E, 3 A). Coxa short, subquadrate, smooth. Basis subrectangular, lacking abexopodal seta, armed with short distal spine and row of minute spinules at spine insertion. First endopodal segment subrectangular, smooth, second endopodal segment longer than first, furnished with subdistal row of spinules on inner margin (Fig. 3 A), with 2 lateral inner spines and 6 apical setal elements, outermost 2 basally fused at insertion. EXP 1 - segmented, cylindrical, armed with 3 subequal setal elements (Figs 2 E, 3 A, 6 C, D). Mandible (Fig. 2 C, D). Gnathal blade armed with 13 teeth, 6 large, 7 small, 1 long spinule, and long dorsal seta ornamented with short spinules (Fig. 2 D). Mandibular palp 2 - segmented, basal segment short, subquadrate, with short robust seta (Fig. 2 C). Endopodal segment subrectangular, armed with 1 short lateral and 5 apical setae (Fig. 2 C). Maxillule (Fig. 2 F). With large praecoxa; precoxal arthrite (pca in Fig. 2 F) rectangular, unornamented, armed with group of 4 apical and 2 subapical spiniform elements. Coxal endite shorter than precoxal arthrite, armed with 1 curved serrate spiniform element and 2 smooth setae (cxe in Fig. 2 F). Basis (bas in Fig. 2 F) shorter than coxal endite, seemingly with five subequal apical and subapical setae; exopod reduced, represented by 1 seta; endopod (enp in Fig. 2 F) 1 - segmented, armed with 2 subequal plumose setae inserted apically (Fig. 2 F). Maxilla (Fig. 2 G). Syncoxa unornamented, with 2 endites, proximalmost armed with short spiniform element and slender modified seta furnished with distal tuft of setules; second endite with 2 slender apical setae. Allobasis produced into strong serrate claw with short, curved adjacent spiniform element and slender seta. ENP 1 - segmented, armed with 2 setae. Maxilliped (Fig. 2 H, I). Subchelate. Syncoxa with single setulated seta on inner distal corner and distinctive group of 4 or 5 short slender elements inserted medially on the outer margin of the syncoxa, as in male (Fig. 2 H, arrowhead in Fig. 6 E). ENP represented by long, slender claw with short accessory seta (Fig. 2 I). P 1 (Fig. 5 A). Intercoxal sclerite smooth. Coxa with transverse row of spinules proximally and spinules row distally. Basis with spinules bordering insertion of exopodal and endopodal rami, inner basipodal spine short, reaching proximal 1 / 3 of length of first ENP segment. Outer basipodal spine short. EXP and ENP 3 - segmented. Exopodal ramus shorter than endopod, reaching about the margin end of second exopodal segment. EXP 1 lacking inner setae, EXP 2 with inner seta; EXP 3 with 3 outer spines and 2 geniculate apical setae. ENP 3 - segmented; ENP 2 with inner seta, ENP 1 subrectangular. ENP 3 with 1 apical spiniform seta, 1 geniculate apical seta, and short plumose inner seta. P 2 (Fig. 5 B-D). Intercoxal sclerite with transverse rows of long spinules (Fig. 6 C). Coxa with transverse row of long spinules plus 2 rows of minute spinules (Fig. 6 D). Outer basipodal spine short (" obs " in Fig. 6 B). EXP and ENP 3 - segmented. EXP 1 lacking inner seta, EXP 2 with long, slender inner seta, EXP 3 with 3 outer spines, 1 apical and 3 inner setae. ENP shorter than EXP, reaching slightly beyond halfway of EXP 3. ENP- 3 with 2 inner setae (Fig. 5 B). P 3 (Fig. 5 E). Intercoxal sclerite smooth. Coxa and basis as in P 2. EXP and ENP 3 - segmented. ENP slightly shorter than EXP. ENP as in P 2 except for additional inner plumose seta on ENP 3. P 4 (Fig. 5 F). Intercoxal sclerite, coxa and basis as in P 2 and P 3. EXP and ENP 3 - segmented. ENP shorter than EXP, barely reaching 1 / 3 of EXP 3. EXP as in P 3 except for thinner outer spines on EXP 3. ENP as in P 3. P 5 (Fig. 3 C at arrow, 4 C). EXP and baseoendopod not fused, baseoendopod subtriangular, reaching EXP midlength, segment bearing 5 setae, apical being longest. EXP subquadrate, with spinules row along inner margin; EXP armed with 5 unequally long setae (Fig. 4 C). P 6 (Fig. 4 D). Represented by narrow transverse plate with subdistal lobe-like processes marked by a rounded notch. Plate bearing a small seta on each side (Fig. 4 D at arrows). Armature formula of female P 1 - P 5 as follows: Male. Smaller than female, total body length 578 - 588 μm (average length = 578 μm, n = 3; allotype specimen length = 588 μm). Anal operculum, rostrum, antennae (Fig. 6 C, D), and mouthparts as in female. Sexual dimorphism expressed in the antennule, urosome, P 1 basis, distal inner seta of P 3 ENP 3, P 5, and P 6. Antennule (Fig. 6 A, B) haplocer, 10 - segmented; armature formula difficult to discern, purportedly as follows: 1 (1 s), 2 (9 s), 3 (6 s), 4 (2 s), 5 (9 + ae), 6 (1 s), 7 (3 s), 8 (1 s), 9 (2 s), 10 (7 + ae). Antenna (Fig. 6 C, D), maxilliped (Fig. 6 E), mouthparts, and P 1 - P 4 as in female. Ventral ornamentation of urosomites as in female except urosomite 2. Posterior margins of urosomites with row of small spinules. P 1 basis and P 3 ENP 3. P 1 basis with modified, club-shaped inner spine (Fig. 4 F, arrowheads in Fig. 6 F). P 3 ENP 3 with distal inner spine thinner than in female. P 5 (Fig. 4 I). EXP and baseoendopod separated. The former subquadrate, with 5 or 6 setae, Baseoendopod reaching about proximal 1 / 3 of EXP, armed with 4 elements. P 6. With 2 unequal setae, inner one about 3 x as long as outer seta. Caudal rami as in female.	en	Fuentes-Reines, Juan M., Suarez-Morales, Eduardo, Silva-Briano, Marcelo (2022): A new species of Nitokra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 1128: 111-127, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.86210
