Entomolepididae , Brady 1899
Creators: name: Borges, Camila
name: Farias, Amilcar
name: Mácola, Rosa
name: Neves, Elizabeth G.
name: Son, Rodrigo Johns-
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Entomolepididae

description: Key to the species of the Entomolepididae (adapted from Farias et al. 2020)
1. Pedigerous somite 2 free in dorsal view................................................................... 2
– Pedigerous somites 2 and 3 free in dorsal view............................................................. 8
2. Most of urosome exposed.............................................................................. 3
– Most of urosome hidden under body shield................................................................ 4
3. Female antenna 3-segmented; antennule 18-segmented with aesthetasc on segment 15... Parmulella emarginata Stock, 1992
– Female antenna 4-segmented; antennule 17-segmented with aesthetasc on segment 16 ............................................................................................... Neoparmulella periperiensis Farias et al. 2020
4. Leg 3 biramous...................................................................................... 5
– Leg 3 uniramous (Paralepeopsyllys Ummerkutty, 1960) ....................................................... 6
5. Leg 4 reduced to a knob and antennule 17-segmented............................ Parmulodes verrucosa Wilson, 1944
– Leg 4 absent and antennule 16-segmented.............................. Parmulopsyllus iamarinoi gen. nov. sp nov.
6. Antennule 15-segmented................................................ Paralepeopsyllys leei Lee & Kim, 2017
– Antennule 14-segmented............................................................................... 7
7. Third exopodal segment of leg 3 with three setae.................... Paralepeopsyllus mannarensis Ummerkutty, 1960
– Third exopodal segment of leg 3 with four spines and three setae........ Paralepeopsyllus dambayensis Lee & Kim, 2017
8. Leg 4 absent (Entomolepis Brady 1899)................................................................... 9
– Leg 4 present....................................................................................... 10
9. Caudal ramus 5-6 times longer than wide................................................. E. ovalis Brady, 1899
– Caudal ramus at least 10 times longer than wide....................................... E. hamondi McKinnon, 1899
10. Leg 4 endopod absent................................................................................ 11
– Leg 4 endopod reduced to small segment (Lepeopsyllus Thompson & Scott, 1903)................................ 12
11. Three postgenital somites in female and four in male (Spongiopsyllus Johnsson, 2000)............................. 13
– Two postgenital somites in female and three in male (Entomopsyllus McKinnon, 1988)............................ 16
12. Female antennule 15-segmented............................................. L. typicus Thompson & Scott, 1903
– Female antennule 13-segmented............................................... L. ovalis Thompson & Scott, 1903
13. Female antennule 14-segmented....................................... Spongiopsyllus atypicus Canário et al., 2019
– Female antennule with 15 or more segments.............................................................. 14
NEW 14. Female antennule 15-segmented...................................... Spongiopsyllus redactus Canário et al., 2012
– Female antennule with 16 or more segments.............................................................. 15
15. Female antennule 16-segmented............................................. Spongiopsyllus intermedius sp. nov.
– Female antennule 17-segmented........................................ Spongiopsyllus adventicius Johnsson, 2000
16. Endopod of P1 shorter than exopod............................................... E. nichollsi McKinnon, 1988
– Endopod of P1 longer than exopod...................................................................... 17
17. Female antennule 15-segmented; third exopod of leg 4 showing 2 setae........................... E. stocki Kim, 2004
– Female antennule with more than 16 or more segments; third exopod of leg 4 showing 3 or more setae................ 18
18. Female antennule 16-segmented; third exopod of leg 4 showing 3 setae........................ E. adriae (Eiselt, 1959)
– Female antennule 17-segmented; third exopod of leg 4 showing 4 setae............... E. brevicaudatus Lee & Kim, 2017
description: Published as part of Borges, Camila, Farias, Amilcar, Mácola, Rosa, Neves, Elizabeth G. & Son, Rodrigo Johns-, 2021, A new Entomolepididae genus and a new species of Spongiopsyllus Johnsson, 2000 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) and their association with Aplysina Nardo, 1834 (Porifera, Demospongiae) in Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil, pp. 301-316 in Zootaxa 4981 (2) on pages 313-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4920498