Campylonotus arntzianus, a new species of the Campylonotidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Scotia Sea (Antarctica)

Two specimens of Campylonotus arntzianus sp. nov. were caught in the Antarctic Scotia Sea off Saunders Island (57°40,31ŽS, 26°27,81ŽW) using an Agassiz trawl at one station (depth: 475 to 589 m). The new species here described is the fifth representative of the monogeneric family Campylonotidae and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thatje, S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Antarctic
Saunders
Saunders Island
Scotia Sea
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Biology
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5610/
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5610/1/Tha2002c.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16174
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16174.d001
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Summary:Two specimens of Campylonotus arntzianus sp. nov. were caught in the Antarctic Scotia Sea off Saunders Island (57°40,31ŽS, 26°27,81ŽW) using an Agassiz trawl at one station (depth: 475 to 589 m). The new species here described is the fifth representative of the monogeneric family Campylonotidae and the first of the family south of the Antarctic Convergence. Campylonotus arntzianus sp. nov. is a shrimp of about 5 cm in total length. Due to similarities in adult morphology, C. arntzianus sp. nov. seems to be closely related to C. capensis, a deep-sea species from the Southern Atlantic Ocean. A simple key for the species identification of the Campylonotidae is provided.

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