Bathynomus maxeyorum Shipley, Brooks & Bruce, sp. nov. ...

Bathynomus maxeyorum Shipley, Brooks & Bruce sp. nov. Figures 1, 2 Material examined. All material from northeast Exuma Sound, Bahamas, western North Atlantic. Holotype: ♀ (76 mm), 24°83.15’N, 76°37.88’W, depth: 672 m, temperature: 10.6 °C, 28 April 2014 (CMNH 38,598). Paratypes: 3♂ (73–88 mm),...

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Main Authors: Shipley, Oliver N., Bruce, Niel L., Violich, Mackellar, Baco, Amy, Morgan, Nicole, Rawlins, Scott, Brooks, Edward J.
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Published: Zenodo 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669571
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5669571
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Summary:Bathynomus maxeyorum Shipley, Brooks & Bruce sp. nov. Figures 1, 2 Material examined. All material from northeast Exuma Sound, Bahamas, western North Atlantic. Holotype: ♀ (76 mm), 24°83.15’N, 76°37.88’W, depth: 672 m, temperature: 10.6 °C, 28 April 2014 (CMNH 38,598). Paratypes: 3♂ (73–88 mm), ♀ (69 mm), 24°83.15’N, 76°37.88’W, depth: 672 m, temperature: 10.6 °C, 28 April 2014 (♂, NHMUK 2016.67 - 69; ♀, NHMUK, 2015.3278). ♀ (74 mm, non-ovig), 24°49.53’N, 76°23.38’W, depth: 769.2 m, temperature: 8.8°C, 28 April 2014 (MTQ 34369). Diagnosis. Pleotelson with 7, broad, short spines with setation running along ~80% of the posterior margin. Uropodal lateral margins with 90–94% setation, and reduced setation on mesial margins of exopod and endopod. Description of holotype female. Body 76 mm long, length 3 times that of width. Head with ridge above eyes discontinuous; clypeal area with distal margins slightly concave, apex broadly rounded. Antenna 2 flagellum extending to within pereonite 3. Pereopod 1 ischium ... : Published as part of Shipley, Oliver N., Bruce, Niel L., Violich, Mackellar, Baco, Amy, Morgan, Nicole, Rawlins, Scott & Brooks, Edward J., 2016, A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic, pp. 82-88 in Zootaxa 4147 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/258898 ...