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03F7FE367E32960DFF0BF89829DAF866.text	03F7FE367E32960DFF0BF89829DAF866.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stylicletodes Lang 1936	<div><p>Genus Stylicletodes Lang, 1936</p> <p>Type species. Cletodes longicaudata Brady, 1880 = Stylicletodes longicaudata (Brady, 1880) [by monotypy].</p> <p>Other species. Stylicletodes stylicaudatus (Willey, 1935); S. verisimilis Lang, 1965; S. reductus Wells, 1965; S. minutus Bodin, 1968; S. oligochaeta Bodin, 1968.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F7FE367E32960DFF0BF89829DAF866	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ma, Lin;Liu, Qing He;Li, Xin Zheng;Huys, Rony	Ma, Lin, Liu, Qing He, Li, Xin Zheng, Huys, Rony (2021): A new species of Stylicletodes Lang, 1936 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Cletodidae) from the East China Sea, including an updated key to species and synopsis of distribution records. Zootaxa 5051 (1): 423-442, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.17
03F7FE367E359609FF0BFF1E299CF824.text	03F7FE367E359609FF0BFF1E299CF824.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stylicletodes wellsi Ma & Liu & Li & Huys 2021	<div><p>Stylicletodes wellsi sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–7)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A5629512-EA36-4481-A075-61A97BF2EA94</p> <p>Type locality. <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=122.6133&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.5167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 122.6133/lat 29.5167)">East</a> China Sea (29°31.002’N, 122°36.798’E); 25 m depth; silt.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype: ♀ dissected on three slides (MBM189255). Paratypes: (a) 1 ♀ dissected on five slides (MBM189256), 1 ♂ (MBM189257) on three slides; from type locality; (b) 1 ♂ (MBM189258) partly dissected on two slides; from <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=122.9833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.4276" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 122.9833/lat 29.4276)">East</a> China Sea (29°25.656’N, 122°58.998’E); 61 m depth; fine sand. All type specimens collected on 12 December 2016.</p> <p>Other material. (a) 1 ♀ (MBM189259); from type locality; collected on 12 December 2016; (b) 1 ♀ (MBM189261); 29°25.656’N, 122°58.998’E; 61 m depth; fine sand; collected on 12 December 2016; (c) 1 ♀ (MBM189260); 28°52.998’N, 122°44.502’E; 66 m depth; silt; collected on 18 December 2016; (d) 1 ♂ (MBM189262), 31°40.2’N, 122°30’E; 28 m depth; silt; collected on September 2016; (e) 1 ♂ (MBM189263) DH4- 5; 28°38.4’N, 124°37.8’E; 81 m depth; silt; collected on October 2014. All specimens collected in the East China Sea and preserved in 75 % ethanol.</p> <p>Etymology. The species is named in honour of Professor John Berkeley James Wells, in recognition of his massive contributions to our knowledge of harpacticoid taxonomy and systematics.</p> <p>Description of female. Total body length, measured from anterior margin of rostrum to posterior margin of caudal rami, ranging from 365 to 392 μm (mean = 377 μm; n = 4).</p> <p>Habitus (Fig. 1A, B) slender, curved ventrally in lateral aspect; P1-bearing somite fused to cephalosome forming cephalothorax. Without distinct demarcation between prosome and urosome. Rostrum fused to cephalothorax; triangular, ventrally recurved in lateral aspect, with two sensilla subapically. All somites with dorsal setules along posterior margin except for anal somite. Prosomites with pairs of papillary socles dorsally, each bearing one apical sensillum. Genital double-somite with vestigial P6 represented by two setae (outermost seta longer than innermost) in proximal half of genital somite (Fig. 1C); ventral surface relatively smooth, posterior margin with transverse row of strong spinules; genital field with large copulatory pore located near posterior margin. Genital double-somite and second abdominal somite with dorsolateral and ventrolateral papillary socles around posterior margin (Fig. 1A–C); ventral surface of second and third abdominal somites with transverse spinule row near posterior margin (Fig. 1C). Ventral surface of anal somite partially cleft medially (Fig. 1C); anal operculum (Fig. 1A, C) produced into long setular extension, flanked by two sensilla. Caudal rami (Fig. 1B; note that the rami in Fig. 1A are foreshortened because of the mounting position of the specimen) exceedingly narrow and elongated, about 13 times as long as wide; with one outer proximal seta, distally with three setae, inner margin with one seta near distal fifth of caudal ramus.</p> <p>Antennule (Fig. 2A) five-segmented; surface of all segments smooth; fourth segment shortest; with aesthetasc on third segment; fifth segment with two spiniform setae along anterior margin, four apical setae, and three setae along posterior margin. Armature formula: 1-[1], 2-[4], 3-[3 + (1 + ae)], 4-[1], 5-[9].</p> <p>Antenna (Fig. 2B). Surface of allobasis smooth; with one proximal and one subdistal abexopodal seta. Exopod one-segmented, with two setae, one subdistal and one distal. Free endopodal segment with longitudinal row of inner spinules proximally; some outer spinules subdistally; two outer subdistal spines laterally; one pinnate outer distal spine; one geniculate apical seta and three apical spines; and one inner distal spine.</p> <p>Labrum (Fig. 1D) triangular, with few long spinules around pointed apex.</p> <p>Mandible (Fig. 2C). Gnathobase elongate and narrow; with four teeth. Palp vestigial, represented by two slender setae.</p> <p>Maxillule (Fig. 2D). Arthrite with five naked distal elements around distal margin; coxal endite with two setae; basis with two apical setae.</p> <p>Maxilla (Fig. 2E). Syncoxa unornamented, with two endites, proximal endite with one strong seta; distal endite with one pinnate and two naked setae; allobasis with one strong claw bearing one seta; endopod represented by two slender setae.</p> <p>Maxilliped (Fig. 2F) three-segmented, comprising of unarmed coxa and basis, and one-segmented endopod represented by distal claw.</p> <p>P1 (Fig. 3A–B) slender. Intercoxal sclerite narrow, straight and naked. Coxa without ornamentation. Basis with two strong spinules around base of robust outer basal spine. Exopod three-segmented, all segments without armature along inner margin; first segment slightly shorter than second, each with one spinulose spine and several spinules along outer margin; distal segment about three times as long as second, with two spinulose apical setae, and two spinulose outer spines. Endopod two-segmented; proximal segment short, unarmed; distal segment about 8.4 times as long as proximal, with row of inner spinules subdistally; with one subdistal inner seta and one unipinnate seta apically.</p> <p>P2 (Fig. 3C–D) slender. Intercoxal sclerite unornamented. Coxa almost square, without ornamention. Basis with transverse row of spinules subdistally, with outer spine. Exopod three-segmented, all segments without armature along inner margin; first segment with spinules along distal and outer margins, and one spinulose outer spine; second segment about 1.5 times as long as first, with one spinulose spine and few spinules along outer margin; distal segment about 3.3 times as long as second, with row of spinules along inner margin, two spinulose apical setae and two spinulose outer spines. Endopod two-segmented; proximal segment short, unarmed; distal segment about 16.7 times as long as proximal, with two strong spinules near inner subdistal margin, spinule row along outer margin, and two long, spinulose apical setae.</p> <p>P3 (Fig. 4A) with smooth and wide intercoxal sclerite. Coxa smooth, almost trapezoidal. Basis with transverse row of spinules, with long outer seta (not shown in figure). Exopod three-segmented; first segment with outer and subdistal spinules and one spinulose outer spine; second segment as long as first, with one spinulose inner seta, and one spinulose spine and several spinules along outer margin; distal segment about 2.5 times as long as second, with two spinulose inner setae, two spinulose setae and one spinulose spine apically, and one spinulose outer spine. Endopod two-segmented; proximal segment short, unarmed; distal segment about 12.3 times as long as proximal, with two spinules along inner margin, long row of spinules along outer margin, and two naked apical setae.</p> <p>P4 (Fig. 4B) slender. Intercoxal sclerite smooth and wide. Coxa smooth, slightly broader than long. Basis with row of subdistal spinules and long, sparsely plumose, outer seta. Exopod three-segmented; first segment with few subdistal spinules and one spinulose outer spine; second segment as long as first, with one spinulose inner seta and one spinulose outer spine; distal segment about 2.8 times as long as second, with one spinulose inner seta, two spinulose setae and one spinulose spine apically, and one spinulose spine and several spinules along outer amrgin. Endopod two-segmented; proximal segment short, unarmed; distal segment about 10.7 times as long as proximal, with several inner spinules long inner and outer margins, and one spinulose apical seta.</p> <p>Armature formulae of P1–P4 as follows:</p> <p>P5 (Fig. 7C). Fifth legs not fused medially. Baseoendopod and exopod not fused, elongate, the former with outer basal seta. Endopodal lobe extending to almost halfway length of exopod; with four naked setae (one inner and three apical), median apical one reduced in length. Exopod long, about 12.5 times as long as greatest width; with three outer, one apical, and one subdistal inner seta; all setae naked.</p> <p>Description of male. Total body length, measured from anterior margin of rostrum to posterior margin of caudal rami, ranging from 360 to 380 μm (mean = 369 μm; n = 3).</p> <p>Habitus (Fig. 5A) generally as in female, except urosomites 2 and 3 not fused, and pro- and urosomites without setules dorsally; transverse spinular row on first abdominal somite shorter and abdominal spinulation sparser than in female.</p> <p>Antennule (Fig. 5C) chirocer, five-segmented with geniculation between fourth and fifth segments; surface of all segments smooth; with aesthetasc on fourth and fifth segments. First segment with one naked seta; second segment with small plumose seta and five naked setae; third segment shortest; fourth segment swollen; apex of fifth segment recurved. Armature formula: 1-[1], 2-[6], 3-[6], 4-[2 + (1 + ae)], 5-[7 + (1 + ae)].</p> <p>Antenna, mandible, maxillule, maxilla, maxilliped, and P4 as in female.</p> <p>P1 (Fig. 6A). Intercoxal sclerite narrow, straight and naked. Praecoxa narrow, triangular, without ornamentation. Distal segment of endopod about seven times as long as proximal, with two spinules along inner margin. Otherwise as in female.</p> <p>P2 (Fig. 6B) as in female, except for distal segment of endopod slightly swollen medially, and with more spinules along inner margin.</p> <p>P3 (Fig. 7A) Coxa and basis as in female, except for fewer subdistal spinules on basis. Endopod sexually dimorphic, three-segmented; first segment as in female; second segment longest, with spiniform recurved apophysis arising from inner margin; third segment with two naked apical setae. Exopod three-segmented, first and second segments as in female; third segment with three inner setae, otherwise as in female.</p> <p>P5 (Fig. 7B). Fifth legs not fused medially. Baseoendopod with outer basal seta and vestigial endopodal lobe bearing two naked setae apically and two spinules subdistally along inner margin. Exopod elongate, about 5.8 times as long as greatest width; with one outer, one subdistal inner and two apical setae.</p> <p>Sixth legs represented by unarmed flaps.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F7FE367E359609FF0BFF1E299CF824	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ma, Lin;Liu, Qing He;Li, Xin Zheng;Huys, Rony	Ma, Lin, Liu, Qing He, Li, Xin Zheng, Huys, Rony (2021): A new species of Stylicletodes Lang, 1936 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Cletodidae) from the East China Sea, including an updated key to species and synopsis of distribution records. Zootaxa 5051 (1): 423-442, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.17
03F7FE367E3C9603FF0BFB7A2E8FF822.text	03F7FE367E3C9603FF0BFB7A2E8FF822.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stylicletodes Lang 1936	<div><p>Key to species of Stylicletodes Lang, 1936</p> <p>Both the latest dichotomous key by Bodin (1968) and the tabular key by Wells (2007) have been superseded. A new key to the seven valid species is presented below and rectifies oversights and misinterpretations contained in previous keys. Gómez (2000) pointed out the close similarity between S. stylicaudatus and S. oligochaeta; comparison between these species is necessarily based on the male of the former and the female of the latter and restricted to caudal ramus morphology.</p> <p>1. Anal operculum terminating in conspicuous, median, setular extension; armature elements on P 5 ♀ densely plumose...... 2</p> <p>- Anal operculum rounded, without median, setular extension; armature elements on P 5 ♀ naked or sparsely pinnate........ 4</p> <p>2. P1 enp-2 with one seta; P3 exp-3 with five setae/spines..................................... S. minutus Bodin, 1968</p> <p>- P1 enp-2 with two setae; P3 exp-3 with six setae/spines....................................................... 3</p> <p>3. P4 exp-3 with five setae/spines; P4 enp-2 with one seta........................................... S. wellsi sp. nov.</p> <p>- P4 exp-3 with six setae/spines; P4 enp-2 with two setae..................................... S. reductus Wells, 1965</p> <p>4. P3–P4 exp-3 with five setae/spines....................................................................... 5</p> <p>- P3–P4 exp-3 with six setae/spines........................................................................ 6</p> <p>5. Caudal ramus extremely long and narrow, about half as long as length of body somites combined, divergent; seta VII originating from middle third of ramus..................................................... S. oligochaeta Bodin, 1968</p> <p>- Caudal ramus distinctly shorter and wider; seta VII originating from proximal third......... S. stylicaudatus (Willey, 1935)</p> <p>6. Caudal ramus maximum length:width ratio 7–11, about as long as urosome; inner margin virtually straight, with long setules in proximal half; seta II reaching to about halfway ramus length; setae I–II arising from small outer margin protuberance................................................................................. S. longicaudatus (Brady, 1880)</p> <p>- Caudal ramus maximum length:width ratio 4–5, about 60% of urosome length; inner margin convex in proximal half, without setular ornamentation; seta II reaching to posterior margin of ramus; setae I–II arising from conspicuous outer margin protuberance............................................................................. S. verisimilis Lang, 1965</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F7FE367E3C9603FF0BFB7A2E8FF822	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ma, Lin;Liu, Qing He;Li, Xin Zheng;Huys, Rony	Ma, Lin, Liu, Qing He, Li, Xin Zheng, Huys, Rony (2021): A new species of Stylicletodes Lang, 1936 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Cletodidae) from the East China Sea, including an updated key to species and synopsis of distribution records. Zootaxa 5051 (1): 423-442, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.17
