A new species of the genus Paramisophria (Copepoda, Calanoida,Arietellidae) from the China Seas

Holotypic and Paratypec specimens (female) of the present new species,Paramisophrza sinica n.sp.were collected from the waters of the southeastern South Huanghai Sea and northern South China Sea,respectively.Compared with the previously known congeneric species,this new species remarkably differs from any one of them in some characters,such as in female; each side of posterolateral margin of last thoracic segment with two pointed processes; the genital segment asymmetrical and with fusion line clearly visible; leg 5:endopod with four plumose setae,exopod with three or four outer marginal and one terminal spines.