Anarthrurella clairae Bird, 2004, sp.nov. ...

• Main Author: Bird, Graham
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Anarthruridae; Anarthrurella; Anarthrurella clairae; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5621935; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5621935

Anarthrurella clairae sp.nov. ( Figs. 13–14) Anarthrura simplex: Holdich & Bird, 1986: 79, 98, table 2. Material examined. Holotype: neuter, BT244, (NMSZ:2004.012). Paratypes: three neuters (BT244). Description. Neuter/non­ovigerous female. Tiny anarthrurid, body (Fig. 13A) slender, 8.9 times longer than broad, length 1.09–1.47 mm. Cephalothorax 1.24 times longer than broad, 14% of body length, rostrum small. Pereonite­1 narrower caudally, pereonites 2–6 subrectangular with rounded corners, each with two dorsolateral setae, 0.55, 0.83, 0.88, 1.05, 1.08, and 0.92 times longer than broad respectively. Pleon 2.1 times longer than broad, 21% of body length, pleonites 1 and 5 longer than 2–4; pleonite­5 with two dorsolateral setae. Pleotelson (Figs. 13B–C) conical, 0.73 times as long as broad, with two distal setae and two sensory setae near apex, apex slightly deflexed with two terminal setae. Figure 13. Anarthrurella clairae. Non­ovigerous female A, dorsal view; B–C, pleonite 5 and pleotelson lateral and ... : Published as part of Bird, Graham, 2004, Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the Northeast Atlantic: non­filiform species of Anarthruridae Lang from the Atlantic Margin, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 471 on pages 30-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157876 ...