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A new species Willenstenhelia mirabilipes sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Miraciiidae) is described based on specimens collected from the South China Sea. This is also the first report of the genus Willenstenhelia from the China seas. The new species differs from congeners by the combined characters: all somites without spinules on surface except anal somite; third segment of female P4 exopod with two inner setae; female P5 baseoendopodal lobe with four elements and P5 exopod with sharp apical spine; caudal ramus about six times as long as broad.
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Foundation item: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 31772415; the IOCAS Funding under contract No. 2012IO060104; the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project financially supported by the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) under contract No. 2015ASKJ01.
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Ma, L., Li, X. The first report of the genus Willenstenhelia (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Miraciidae) from the China seas, with description of a new species. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 37, 195–201 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1306-1
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