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A new species belonging to the genus Haloschizopera Lang, 1944 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae, Diosaccinae) was identified based on the samples collected from the East China Sea, near the offshore of Zhejiang Province, East China. The new species is closely related to H. pygmaea Norman & Sccot T., 1905 and shares a combination of the following features: A1 eight-segmented; A2 exp-2 with one distal seta, exp-3 with three setae; P1 endopodal segments subequal, enp-1 not exceeding exp-2; exp-3 of P3 with one inner seta, of P4 with two inner setae. The new species is characterized by the presence of one inner seta on P2 exp-3 of both sexes. It can also be distinguished from its congeners by the characters of female: P5 exopod subcircular, endopodal lobe extending beyond half-length of exopod; genital double-somite ornamented with three dorsolateral rows of spinules on anterior part.
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We thank Dr. MU Fanghong (Ocean University of China, Qingdao) for kindly providing valuable literature for our study on harpacticoida of the genus Haloschizopera. Many thanks also to Dr. KOU Qi of our team for his suggestions to improve the manuscript.
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31772415) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA11020305)
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Liu, Q., Ma, L. & Li, X. A new species of the genus Haloschizopera Lang, 1944 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae, Diosaccinae) from the East China Sea. J. Ocean. Limnol. 37, 1698–1707 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-019-8361-0
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