Zosime Boeck 1873
Creators: name: Kim, Jong Guk
name: Jung, Tae Won
name: Yoon, Seong Myeong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Harpacticoida
Tisbidae
Zosime

description: Key to species of the genus Zosime Boeck, 1873 (females only)
1. A1 8-segmented................................................ (anneae -group) Z. anneae Koller & George, 2011
- A1 6- or 7-segmented................................................................................. 2
2. P5 exopod with 4 marginal setae; caudal rami as long as wide................................. (incrassata -group)...3
- P5 exopod with 3 marginal and 1 surface setae; caudal rami longer than wide........................ (typica -group)...5
3. P5 endopodal lobe with 4 setae........................................................... Z. reyssi Dinet, 1974
- P5 endopodal lobe with 3 setae.......................................................................... 4
4. A2 exopod, terminal segment with 2 setae............................................... Z. incrassata Sars, 1910
- A2 exopod, terminal segment with 3 setae.............................................. Z. bathybia Bodin, 1968
5. Caudal rami at least 2.5 times as long as greatest wide....................................................... 6
- Caudal rami less than 2.5 times as long as greatest wide...................................................... 12
6. P1 enp-2 with 3 setae/spines............................................................................. 7
- P1 enp-2 with 4 setae/spines............................................................................ 9
7. P1 exp-3 with 6 setae/spines; P5 endopodal lobe with 3 setae........................... Z. bergensis Drzycimski, 1968
- P1 exp-3 with 5 setae/spines; P5 endopodal lobe with 4 setae................................................... 8
8. Caudal rami about 3 times as long as wide.............................................. Z. paramajor Bodin, 1968
- Caudal rami 4 times as long as wide..................................................... Z. erythraea Por, 1967
9. A1 7-segmented....................................................... Z. paratypica Becker & Schriever, 1979
- A1 6-segmented...................................................................................... 10
10. P5 endopodal lobe with 4 setae............................................................ Z. major Sars, 1919
- P5 endopodal lobe with 3 setae......................................................................... 11
11. Caudal rami about 3 times as long as wide; pseudoperculum on pre-anal somite ornamented with large protrusions............................................................................................. Z. gisleni Lang, 1948
- Caudal rami about 2.5 times as long as wide; pseudoperculum on pre-anal somite ornamented with small protrusions.......................................................................................... Z. typica Boeck, 1873
12. P1 enp-2 with 4 setae/spines........................................................... Z. pacifica Fiers, 1991
- P1 enp-2 with 3 setae/spines............................................................................ 13
13. P5 endopodal lobe with 4 setae......................................................................... 14
- P5 endopodal lobe with 2 setae......................................................................... 16
14. P2–P4, exp-3 with 6 setae/spines; P4 enp-3 with 3 setae/spines................................ Z. bathyalis Por, 1967
- P2–P4, exp-3 with 7 setae/spines, respectively; P4 enp-3 with 4 setae/spines..................................... 15
15. A1 7-segmented.................................................................. Z. atlantica Bodin, 1968
- A1 6-segmented................................................................. Z. mediterranea Lang, 1948
16. A1 7-segmented; P4 enp-3 with 4 setae/spines................................................ Z. valida Sars, 1919
- A1 6-segmented; P4 enp-3 with 3 setae/spines................................................ Z. destituta sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Kim, Jong Guk, Jung, Tae Won & Yoon, Seong Myeong, 2016, A new species of Zosime (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Zosimeidae) from shallow subtidal habitats in Korea, with notes on the genus, pp. 323-334 in Zootaxa 4136 (2) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/259610