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

• 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 arctica; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; laptev; Laptev Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5616006; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5616006

Cerviniella arctica sp. nov. (Figs 6 C–E, 7–10, 18–19) Type locality. Arctic Ocean, Laptev Sea (78°23.19' N, 133°11.43' E), 2019 m depth. Type material. Holotype female dissected on 14 slides (reg. no. SMF 37030) from station PS27#035/2457-1, multi corer 5, collected 04/09/1993. Material collected from the type locality by the junior author during the Expedition ARCTIC’93, Leg ARK-IX/4 of RV Polarstern. Description. FEMALE. Total body length 1014.7 μm. Largest width measured at posterior border of cephalic shield: 352.9 μm. Body (Figs 6 C, 18A–C) with no clear distinction between prosome and urosome, body somites gradually tapering posteriorly. Prosome (Figs 6 C, 18A–C) 4-segmented, with first pedigerous somite incorporated into cephalothorax. Cephalothorax covered by minute scales (Fig. 6 C); cuticle with anastomosing pattern near the rostrum (Fig. 19 E) and along margins (Figs 6 C, 18A–B); additional ornamentation consisting of sensilla and pores as illustrated in Figure 6 C; posterior margin smooth. ... : 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 12-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281475 ...