A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge

Cottunculus tubulosus n.sp. is described from one specimen caught in the summer of 2004 in the Northeast Atlantic, at about 2000 m depth in the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The species is characterised by a slender body, a long head, large pointed cranial spines, large bony tubules along the lateral line, pr...

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Main Authors: Ingvar Byrkjedal, Bergen Museum, N- Bergen
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Northeast Atlantic
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.192.8627 2023-05-15T17:41:15+02:00 A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge Ingvar Byrkjedal Bergen Museum N- Bergen The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.192.8627 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01580p068.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.192.8627 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01580p068.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01580p068.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T16:57:50Z Cottunculus tubulosus n.sp. is described from one specimen caught in the summer of 2004 in the Northeast Atlantic, at about 2000 m depth in the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The species is characterised by a slender body, a long head, large pointed cranial spines, large bony tubules along the lateral line, prominent dermal prickles along the back, dorsal and anal fins set far posterior, a short caudal peduncle, and no banded colour patterns. From morphological characters, the species seems closely related to the South African species C. spinosus. Text Northeast Atlantic Unknown Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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description Cottunculus tubulosus n.sp. is described from one specimen caught in the summer of 2004 in the Northeast Atlantic, at about 2000 m depth in the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The species is characterised by a slender body, a long head, large pointed cranial spines, large bony tubules along the lateral line, prominent dermal prickles along the back, dorsal and anal fins set far posterior, a short caudal peduncle, and no banded colour patterns. From morphological characters, the species seems closely related to the South African species C. spinosus.
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Bergen Museum
N- Bergen
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Bergen Museum
N- Bergen
A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
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Bergen Museum
N- Bergen
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title A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
title_short A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
title_full A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
title_fullStr A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
title_sort new species of cottunculus (teleostei: psychrolutidae) from the mid atlantic ridge
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