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A new genus of Paramunnidae, Holodentata (type species: Paramunna gaussi Vanhöffen, 1914) is erected. The new genus comprises two new species: H. caeca, from the deep Weddell Sea and H. triangulata, from the Ross Sea. The new genus is distinguished by the following characters: article 3 of the anten...

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Main Authors: Brenda Lía Doti, Madhumita Choudhury
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
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Key words
Isopoda
Holodentata
Ross Sea
Powell Basin
Southern Ocean
taxonomy
new genus
new species
Weddell Sea
Weddell
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.193.2105
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02096p412.pdf
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Summary:A new genus of Paramunnidae, Holodentata (type species: Paramunna gaussi Vanhöffen, 1914) is erected. The new genus comprises two new species: H. caeca, from the deep Weddell Sea and H. triangulata, from the Ross Sea. The new genus is distinguished by the following characters: article 3 of the antenna short and with strong denticles, mandible palp absent, article 2 of maxilliped palp longest, coxal plates visible in dorsal view in all pereonites, pleotelson broad and laterally denticulated.

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