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A collection of shrimps obtained from trawl catches of the German R/V "Polarstern " in the Laptev Sea in 1995 and deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, was studied. A specimen of the family Hippolytidae collected from 945 m depth is descr...

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Main Author: V. I. Sokolov
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.656.5689
http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/28040/28040.pdf
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Summary:A collection of shrimps obtained from trawl catches of the German R/V "Polarstern " in the Laptev Sea in 1995 and deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, was studied. A specimen of the family Hippolytidae collected from 945 m depth is described as a new species and a new genus, Bythocarides menshutkinae. The diagnostic characters of the new genus, which distinguish it from the closely related genus Bythocaris, are discussed. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Die vom F. S. "Polarstern " aus 1995 in der Laptev-See gesammelten Garnelen, die sich in