Two New Species of The Genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Munnopsidae) from Icelandic Waters

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Schnurr, Sarah, Malyutina, Marina V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2014
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Greenland; Seta; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0013; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/35/2/article-p361.xml; https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2014.35.issue-2/popore-2014-0013/popore-2014-0013.pdf

Abstract Collections of munnopsid isopods of the BIOICE (Benthic Invertebrates of Icelandic Waters; 1991–2004) and the IceAGE1 (Icelandic Marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology; since 2011) expeditions included ten species of the genus Eurycope G.O. Sars, 1864, thereof are two species new to science. Thus, the descriptions of the two new species are presented herein. Eurycope elianae sp. n. is distinguished from the other species of the genus mainly by two long, slightly robust, simple setae on the tip of the rostrum in combination with the size and shape of the rostrum itself. E elianae sp. n. shares the presence of two long, slightly robust, simple seta on the tip of the rostrum with E. tumidicarpus . The shape of the rostrum itself is more similar to E. inermis and species of the E. complanata complex. E. aculeata sp. n. is characterized by possessing dorsomedial acute projections on pereo-nites 5–7, which is unusual for the genus. E. aculeata sp. n. is most similar to E. cornuta . Both new species are, so far, known only from localities south of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge.