Ammotrypanella princessa Schüller, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Schüller, Myriam
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Opheliidae; Ammotrypanella; Ammotrypanella princessa; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Elephant Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5615905; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5615905

Ammotrypanella princessa sp. nov. (Fig. 3 F–G) Holotype. ANDEEP I – II, Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Sta. 134-4, 0 9 March 2002, 65°19.20’S, 48°3.81’W, 4066–4069 m, EBS, ZMH P- 24755. Paratypes. Scotia Sea northeast off Elephant Island, Sta. 42-2, 27 January 2002, 59°40.29’S, 57°35.43’W, 3683–3690 m, EBS, 1 specimen, Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Sta. 135-4, 11 March 2002, 65°0.06’S, 43°1.19’W, 4678 m, EBS, 1 specimen, ZMH P- 24756. Additional material. 16-10 (1), 78-9 (1), 81-8 (1), 121-11 (1), 153-7 (1). Etymology. The name refers to the crown-shaped prostomium and the long, slightly bent chaetae along the anterior and median body that give the species a noble, feminine look. Diagnosis. Distinguishing characters of the species are the shape of the prostomium, the presence of relatively long chaetae in the median body region, and the smooth margin of the anal tube in combination with the presence of a ventral cirrus. Description. Holotype complete, body long and thin, 11 mm long and 1 mm wide for ... : Published as part of Schüller, Myriam, 2008, New polychaete species collected during the expeditions ANDEEP I, II, and III to the deep Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summers 2002 and 2005 — Ampharetidae, Opheliidae, and Scalibregmatidae, pp. 51-68 in Zootaxa 1705 on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180892 ...