A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Specimens of 22 species of pycnogonids belonging to twelve genera and seven families were collected during a cruise near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Twenty two of the 94 stations yielded pycnogonids: the new species Ammothea hesperidensis is described fully, illustrated, and compared...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: León, Tomás Munilla
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
South Shetland Islands
Livingston Island
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102000000079
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102000000079 2024-03-03T08:38:06+00:00 A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica León, Tomás Munilla 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102000000079 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102000000079 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 12, issue 1, page 47-51 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2000 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102000000079 2024-02-08T08:29:25Z Specimens of 22 species of pycnogonids belonging to twelve genera and seven families were collected during a cruise near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Twenty two of the 94 stations yielded pycnogonids: the new species Ammothea hesperidensis is described fully, illustrated, and compared with similar species. The family Nymphonidae provided both the greatest diversity of species (seven) and number of specimens (35). The most abundant species were Achelia hoekii and Nymphon australe . Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica Livingston Island South Shetland Islands Cambridge University Press South Shetland Islands Livingston Island ENVELOPE(-60.500,-60.500,-62.600,-62.600) Antarctic Science 12 1 47 51
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
León, Tomás Munilla
A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
topic_facet Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
description Specimens of 22 species of pycnogonids belonging to twelve genera and seven families were collected during a cruise near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Twenty two of the 94 stations yielded pycnogonids: the new species Ammothea hesperidensis is described fully, illustrated, and compared with similar species. The family Nymphonidae provided both the greatest diversity of species (seven) and number of specimens (35). The most abundant species were Achelia hoekii and Nymphon australe .
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author León, Tomás Munilla
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title A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
title_short A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
title_full A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
title_fullStr A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
title_sort new species of ammothea and other pycnogonids from around livingston island, south shetland islands, antarctica
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