Hebefustis clareolithis Kaiser, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Kaiser, Stefanie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Nannoniscidae; Hebefustis; Hebefustis clareolithis; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670989; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5670989

Hebefustis clareolithis sp. nov. (Figs 1–5) Material examined Holotype: female, (preparatory, 1.9 mm), eastern Weddell Sea, 70°31.08'S – 70°32.23'S, 14°34.82'W – 14°34.90'W, PS ANT XXII/3, Station 81–8, 4382 m, 24.02.2005, ZMH K–41261. Paratypes: 9 females (7 preparatory, 1 juvenile, 1 damaged), 1 male (juvenile), same station as holotype, ZMH K–41262; 1 male (adult, 1.4 mm), same station as holotype, ZMH K–41263. Diagnosis. Pereonite 2 with a robust spine on anterolateral margins. Pereonites 6 and 7 with acute, distally directed posterolateral margins. Second article of antennula with 4 broom setae distally. Antenna with 12 flagellar articles. Posterolateral spines well developed and acute, halfway along margin. Pleopod 1 widest distally. Description. Habitus of female holotype (Figs 1 A–C): Body dorsoventrally slightly flattened and broadened, 3.7 times longer than wide. Surface of dorsal cuticle with numerous setules (Fig. 2 H). Ventral surface alveolarly structured (Fig.1 B). Coxae not visible in dorsal ... : Published as part of Kaiser, Stefanie, 2008, First record and new species of the genus Hebefustis Siebenaller & Hessler, 1977 (Isopoda: Asellota: Nannoniscidae) from the deep Weddell Sea Basin *, pp. 467-481 in Zootaxa 1866 on pages 470-479, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183769 ...