Megastygonitocrella trispinosa Karanovic &amp; Hancock 2009, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Karanovic, Tomislav
name: Hancock, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Hexanauplia
Harpacticoida
Ameiridae
Megastygonitocrella
Megastygonitocrella trispinosa

description: <i>Megastygonitocrella trispinosa</i> (Karanovic, 2006) comb. nov. (Fig. 17) <b>Synonymy.</b> <i>Stygonitocrella trispinosa</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> – Karanovic 2006: p. 181, figs 89–93 &amp; 113. <b>Material examined.</b> One adult male dissected on one slide together with paratype female of <i>Megastygonitocrella ecowisei</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (WAM C37354); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Floyd, bore PDPIEZ11B, sample #4110, 10 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’25”S 119°08’40”E. One adult male dissected on one slide together with one female of <i>Diacyclops humphreysi humphreysi</i> Pesce &amp; De Laurentiis, 1996 (WAM C37355); one male and three adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37356); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Floyd, bore PDPIEZ04, sample #4109, 10 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’17”S 119°09’21”E. Three adult males, eight adult females and four copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37357); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDRC160, sample #4129, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’39”S 119°07’55”E. One adult male, 25 adult females and two copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37358); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDRC309, sample #4130, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’36”S 119°07’50”E. Fifteen adult males, 23 adult females and 13 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37359); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDRC310, sample #4131, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’38”S 119°07’51”E. Fifty-one adult males, 21 adult females and 63 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37360); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDRC468, sample #4133, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’33”S 119°11’18”E. Thirteen adult males, 39 adult females and 22 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37361); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, bore PDPIEZ02, sample #4134, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, coordinates not provided. Twenty-seven adult males, 79 adult females and 41 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37362); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDTEST01, sample #4135, 07 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’37”S 119°07’49”E. Two adult females and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37363); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Lena, bore LRNC015, sample #4138, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°22’17”S 119°04’22”E. Two adult males, six females and three copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37364); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Dean, bore PDRC677, sample #4139, 08 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’53”S 119°08’33”E. Twenty-eight adult males, 22 adult females and 54 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37365); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Dean, bore PDRC679, sample #4140, 08 February 2008, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’53”S 119°08’33”E. Twenty-eight adult males, 45 adult females and 100 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37366); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Dean, bore PDRC681, sample #4141, 08 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’55”S 119°08’33”E. Forty-three adult males, 21 adult females and 32 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37367); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC090, sample #4155, 11 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’10”S 119°08’35”E. Nine adult males, 17 adult females and 37 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37368); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC092, sample #4156, 11 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’09”S 119°08’37”E. One adult male and one adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37369); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC188, sample #4159, 02 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’10”S 119°08’34”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37370); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC248, sample #4164, 11 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’11”S 119°08’38”E. Five adult females and three copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37371); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC254, sample #4166, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’12”S 119°08’41”E. Seven adult males, 17 adult females and seven copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37372); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC257, sample #4168, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’10”S 119°08’41”E. One adult male and two adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37373); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC258, sample #4169, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’11”S 119°08’41”E. Eleven adult males, six adult females and four copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37374); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC260, sample #4171, 04 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’08”S 119°08’27”E. One adult male preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37375); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC261, sample #4172, 04 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’08”S 119°08’28”E. One copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37376); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDRC518, sample #4177, 11 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’11”S 119°08’28”E. Twenty adult males, 15 adult females and seven copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37377); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDPIEZ06, sample #4178, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’09”S 119°08’25”E. Five adult males, one adult female and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37378); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDPIEZ08, sample #4179, 02 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’11”S 119°08’32”E. Six adult males, 41 adult females and 16 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37379); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDPIEZ08, sample #4180, 02 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’11”S 119°08’32”E. One adult male, two adult females and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37380); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PDTEST02, sample #4182, 03 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’09”S 119°08’31”E. One adult male and two adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37381); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Olivia, bore PDRC162, sample #4196, 09 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°16’20”S 119°05’44”E. Two adult females and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37382); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Olivia, bore PDRC165, sample #4196, 09 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°16’19”S 119°06’48”E. One adult male and one adult female dissected together on one slide (WAM C37383); two adult males, one adult female and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37384); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 75DWPControl1, sample FBN025, 05 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’33”S 117°39’36”E. Twenty-five adult males, 16 adult females and 10 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37385); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 75DWPControl2, sample FBN026, 05 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’40”S 117°39’59”E. Nineteen adult males, 20 adult females and four copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37386); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 75DWPControl4, sample FBN027, 05 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’38”S 117°40’26”E. Four adult males, one adult female and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37387); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 75DWP011, sample FBN028, 05 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’27”S 117°40’42”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37388); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 75DWP025, sample FBN030, 05 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’30”S 117°41’52”E. Nine adult males, 15 adult female and five copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37389); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBDW01, sample FBN031, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’50”S 117°46’33”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37390); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBR261, sample FBN033, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’44”S 117°46’13”E. One adult female almost completely disintegrated and preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37391); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBMB008, sample FBN034, 04 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’20”S 117°46’43”E. Two adult males and 10 adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37392); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 76DWP001, sample FBN039, 04 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’24”S 117°44’00”E. Fifteen adult males, 20 adult females and 19 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37393); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 76DWP002, sample FBN040, 04 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’35”S 117°43’48”E. One adult male, two adult females and three copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37394); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 99CWP011, sample FBN042, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’22”S 117°47’25”E. Two adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37395); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBR071, sample FBN044, 04 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’34”S 117°45’36”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37396); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, Black Well impact bore, sample FBN045, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’24”S 117°44’01”E. One adult male, one adult female and two copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37397); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, Lauren Bore, sample FBN047, 07 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°47’28”S 117°40’52”E. Six adult males, two adult females and five copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37398); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, Airstrip Bore, sample FBN048, 07 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°50’16”S 117°48’24”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37399); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore 76DWP007, sample FBN051, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’46”S 117°43’28”E. One damaged adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37400); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP04, sample FBN057, 07 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’05”S 117°46’38”E. One damaged adult male and abdomen of one adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37401); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBDW01, sample FBN058, 06 December 2007, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’50”S 117°46’33”E. One adult male, decomposed and badly damaged, dissected on one slide (WAM C37402); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Spinifex Ridge, bore SRC057, 08 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°53’32”S 120°06’35”E. Three adult males, six adult females and 10 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37403); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Spinifex Ridge, bore SRC073, 08 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°53’17”S 120°06’09”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37404); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Spinifex Ridge, bore Box Soak, 08 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°55’42”S 119°58’32”E. One adult female dissected on one slide (WAM C37405); three adult males, one adult female and two copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37406); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Spinifex Ridge, bore SRC057, 14 February 2008, leg. B. Harley &amp; M. Scanlon, 20°53’32”S 120°06’35”E. One adult female dissected on one slide (WAM C37407); six adult females and two copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37408); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDRC309, 06 December 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’36”S 119°07’50”E. Four adult males, three adult females and two copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37409); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP17, sample FBN086, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’23”S 117°46’03”E. Four adult males and 14 adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37410); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP06, sample FBN087, 05 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°45’19”S 117°45’48”E. Two adult males and two adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37411); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP09, sample FBN088, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°47’14”S 117°48’19”E. Four adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37412); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP10, sample FBN089, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°46’56”S 117°48’19”E. Five adult males, 11 adult females and six copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37413); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP12, sample FBN091, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°47’48”S 117°47’10”E. Two adult males, four adult females and 2 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37414); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP16, sample FBN092, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°48’03”S 117°45’26”E. One adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37415); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Balla Balla, bore BBWP19, sample FBN094, 06 August 2008, leg. V. Campagna, 20°47’39”S 117°46’45”E. Eighty-seven adult males, 126 adult females and 149 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37416); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC309, 28 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’36”S 119°07’51”E. Six adult males, 38 adult females and 37 copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37417); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC317, 28 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’37”S 119°07’49”E. Nineteen adult males, five adult females and three copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37418); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PDPIEZ10, 01 May 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’29”S 119°08’53”E. Seventeen adult males, 22 adult females and six copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37419); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC193, 02 May 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’38”S 119°07’54”E. Twenty-two adult males, 48 adult females and six copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37420); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore DW, 02 May 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’37”S 119°07’49”E. Three adult males, four adult females and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37421); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC175, 09 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’39”S 119°07’46”E. Two adult males and three copepodids preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37422); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, South Limb, bore PRDC187, 27 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°20’13”S 119°08’30”E. One adult male and one adult female preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37423); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC135, 30 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’40”S 119°07’58”E. Five adult males and 14 adult females preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37424); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Floyd, bore PDPIEZ11B, 01 May 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’25”S 119°08’40”E. Two adult males, five adult females and one copepodid preserved in 70% ethanol (WAM C37425); Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region, Atlas Iron Mine, Bobby, bore PRDC330, 28 April 2007, leg. C. Foord &amp; G. Benisson, 20°14’35”S 119°07’50”E. One adult female dissected on one slide (WAM C37426); seven ad
description: Published as part of <i>Karanovic, Tomislav &amp; Hancock, Peter, 2009, On the diagnostic characters of the genus Stygonitocrella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), with descriptions of seven new species from Australian subterranean waters 2324, pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 2324 (1)</i> on pages 69-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2324.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5313036
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