TY  - JOUR
A1  - Suárez-Morales, Eduardo
T1  - Two new species of Monstrilla (Copepoda: Monstrilloida: Monstrillidae) from a protected reef system of the Mexican Caribbean
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Several adult female monstrilloid copepods, collected in March 2022 from the protected reef area of Xcalak, on the southern part of the Mexican Caribbean coast, proved to belong to two undescribed species of Monstrilla Dana, 1849. They are described here as M. xcalakensis sp. nov. and M. annulata sp. nov., partly by use of scanning electron microscopy. Females of the two species are generally similar but differ in: (1) antennular segmental structure, (2) antennular armature and ornamentation, (3) structure and setation of the fifth leg, (4) number and modifications of the caudal setae, and (5) integumental ornamentation. Comparison with congeneric species revealed distinctive features for both species that support their status as new. These two species are interesting additions to the reef-dwelling monstrilloid copepod fauna of the Mexican Caribbean and confirm Monstrilla as the most diverse genus of monstrilloids in this area, now represented by nine species.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 917:152-169 
KW  - Caribbean reef systems
KW  - parasitic copepods
KW  - monstrilloids
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - reef crustaceans
KW  - SEM
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73601
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-736011
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2024
IS  - 917
SP  - 152
EP  - 169
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -