Cerviniella danae Kihara & Arbizu, 2012, sp. nov. ...

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Kihara, Terue C., Arbizu, Pedro Martínez
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Harpacticoida; Cerviniidae; Cerviniella; Cerviniella danae; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; laptev; Laptev Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5616005; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5616005

Cerviniella danae sp. nov. (Figs 1–6 A, B, 16–17) Type locality. Arctic Ocean, Laptev Sea (77°10.74' N, 126°12.29' E), 1009 m depth. Type material. Holotype female dissected on 13 slides (reg. no. SMF 37027) from station PS27#047/2465-1, multi corer 1–4, collected 08/09/1993. Undissected paratypes consist of 2 females (reg. nos. SMF 37028 and 37029) from station PS27#047/2465-1, MUC 1–4, collected 08/09/1993. All material collected from the type locality by the junior author during Expedition ARCTIC’93, Leg ARK-IX/4 of RV Polarstern. Description. FEMALE. Total body length 835.2–888.0 μm (N = 3; mean = 864.5 μm; holotype = 888.0 μm). Largest width measured at midlength of cephalic shield: 320.0–335.2 μm (N = 3; mean = 328.2 µm; holotype = 320.0 μm). Body (Figs 1 A, 16A–C) with no clear distinction between prosome and urosome, body somites gradually tapering posteriorly. Prosome (Figs 1 A, 16A–C) 4-segmented, with first pedigerous somite incorporated into cephalothorax. Cephalothorax with reticulated surface ... : Published as part of Kihara, Terue C. & Arbizu, Pedro Martínez, 2012, Three new species of Cerviniella Smirnov, 1946 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Arctic, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3345 on pages 4-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281475 ...