Proneomeniidae (Solenogastres, Cavibelonia) from the Bentart-2006 Expedition, with description of a new species

• Main Authors: García-Álvarez, Óscar, Zamarro, María, Urgorri, Victoriano
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4543955; https://zenodo.org/record/4543955

During the Spanish oceanographic expedition for the study of Antarctic benthos, Bentart- 2006, carried out in the area of the Bellingshausen Sea and Antarctic Peninsula, seven specimens of Proneomeniidae (Solenogastres, Cavibelonia) were obtained. Proneomenia bulbosa sp. nov. is described here. A comparative table of the main specific characters of the species belonging to the genus Proneomenia is also included. New data of Dorymenia usarpi Salvini-Plawen, 1978 and Dorymenia menchuescribanae García-Álvarez, Urgorri and Salvini-Plawen, 2000 are presented here.