TABLE 3. A in Nototanoides oliveri, a new sponge-dwelling nototanaid tanaidacean (Crustacea Tanaidomorpha, Tanaidacea) from eastern Gulf of Mexico, with an illustrated taxonomic key, and the first record of harpacticoid copepods within the marsupium of ovigerous female tanaids

TABLE 3. A comparison of some variant characters among Nototanoides (males) species. Data from: Sieg & Heard 1985, Kakui & Yamasaki 2013, Guţu 2023, and this study. Species (Males)Maxilliped palp present/ reducedCheliped basis with mid ventral rounded apophysis/ protuberanceNo. of ven- tral simple setae on chelaTip of fixed finger with reduced rounded tooth or triangular clawNo. of bipin- nate setae on pereopod-6 propodusEndopod basal article inner margin setuloseN. ohtsukaiPresentAbsent4Triangular claw2AbsentN. oliveri sp. nov.ReducedPresent7Rounded tooth3PresentN. polytrichusNo informationAbsent6Rounded tooth4No informationN. trifurcatus [type species]ReducedAbsent6Rounded tooth3Absent