Macrinella lavradoae Segadilha & Dos Santos & Serejo 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Segadilha, Juliana L., Dos Santos, Kátia C., Serejo, Cristiana S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Colletteidae; Macrinella; Macrinella lavradoae; Antarc*; Antarctica; Bransfield Strait
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851729; https://zenodo.org/record/3851729

Macrinella lavradoae sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 74E71132-4585-49FD-8773-CD1F739E7872 Figs 1, 4–5 Diagnosis (based on female) Pereonites with convex lateral edges. Pleon narrower than pereon. Pleotelson pentagonal, with rounded projection at the posterior edge. Antennule 0.6 times longer than carapace. All pereopods with coxae present. Pereopods 1–3 merus with short seta, not reaching carpus proximal edge. Pereopods 2–3 propodus with one penicillate terminal setae. Pleopods absent. Uropod exopod uniarticulate; endopod robust, with two articles. Etymology The new species is named in honour of Dr Helena Passeri Lavrado (IB/UFRJ) in recognition of her incentive and encouragement to the first author to initiate taxonomic studies on tanaidaceans. Moreover, she coordinates the subproject MABIREH and is a member of the committee board of the Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Antártico de Pesquisas Ambientais (INCT-APA). Material examined Holotype ANTARCTICA: ♀, dissected, adult ... : Published as part of Segadilha, Juliana L., Dos Santos, Kátia C. & Serejo, Cristiana S., 2017, Two new species of Colletteidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha) from Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, pp. 1-16 in European Journal of Taxonomy 364 on pages 10-14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.364, http://zenodo.org/record/3836580 ...