A New Combination in the Genus Parapolycope (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Myodocopa: Cladocopina), with the Description of a New Species from Japan

Abstract

Polycope japonica Hiruta, 1983 is transferred to the genus Parapolycope based on the morphology of the upper lip, antennula, antenna, mandibula, maxillula, and copulatory organ. In addition, a new species, Parapolycope digitolabrum sp. nov., is described and illustrated from a small sandy beach in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.