Foweya, Gee, 2006

Gee, J. Michael, 2006, Parastenheliidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Isles of Scilly, Journal of Natural History 40 (47 - 48), pp. 2611-2652 : 2622-2623

Genus Foweya gen. nov.

Synonyms

Parastenhelia (part); Karllangia (part).

Diagnosis

Parastenheliidae . Body with faint, deeply divided, hyaline frills. Rostrum, defined at base, triangular, reaching at most to end of second segment of antennule. Operculum semicircular, variously ornamented. Caudal ramus with row(s) of spinules across dorsal surface and with seven elements. Female antennule nine-segmented, distal five segments with a combined length greater than that of segment 4. Male antennule 10-segmented, haplocer with three segments distal to geniculation, segments 5–7 moderately swollen. Antenna with partially divided allobasis with a pinnate seta on abexopodal margin; exopod twosegmented, proximal segment with two setae, distal segment with two lateral and three terminal setae; endopod with two subdistal spines and on distal margin one spine, four geniculate setae and two normal setae. Mandibular basis with three setae, endopod onesegmented with eight setae, exopod one-segmented with four setae. Maxillule with slender elements on distal margin of praecoxal arthrite, two surface setae and three setae on inner margin; coxal endite with six setae and an epipodite represented by one seta; endopod poorly chitinized, exopod present bearing two setae. Maxilla with three syncoxal endites with 4.3.3 elements, allobasal endite with four elements, endopod with four or five setae. Maxillipedal syncoxa with three setae, basis oval with two setae on palmar margin, endopod a claw with two accessory setae. P1 basis inner seta sexually dimorphic (bifid tip in male), exopod three-segmented, exp 2 only slightly longer than exp 1, with an inner seta, distal segment small, with a naked seta, a geniculate spine and two outer spines, all spines strongly spinulous; endopod two-segmented, proximal segment about twice as long as exopod with inner seta implanted at 35% of ramus length in a region of reduced chitinization of segment wall, distal segment small with one naked seta and two pinnate spines. P2–P4 rami three-segmented, except male P2 endopod sometimes two-segmented as result of fusion of middle and distal segments, no sexual dimorphism in P3 endopod: setal formula of exp/enp as follows: P2 1.1.223/1.1.221; P3 1.1.323/1.1.321; P4 1.1.323/ 1.1.221. Female P5 endopodal lobe with five setae, exopod about three times longer than wide with six setae. Male P5 endopodal lobe with two setae, exopod with five or six setae.

Type species: Foweya anglica (Norman and T. Scott) comb. nov.

Other species: Foweya tertia (Kunz) comb. nov.

Etymology

Fowey (pronounced Foy) is the Cornish port that is the type locality of the genus.