Two new species of Dorymenia (Mollusca: Solenogastres: Proneomeniidae) from the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: García-Alvarez, O., Urgorri, V., von Salvini-Plawen, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400002812; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400002812

This paper describes two new species from the genus Dorymenia (Mollusca: Solenogastres: Proneomeniidae): D. hesperidesi sp. nov. and D. menchuescribanae sp. nov., collected during the Spanish oceanographic expeditions for the study of Antarctic benthos, BENTART'94 and BENTART'95, carried out in the area of the Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). A comparative study of main specific characteristics of species belonging to the genus Dorymenia found off the South Shetland Islands and in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica), is also included.