Meridiosignum minidenticulatum Just & Wilson, 2007, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Just, Jean, Wilson, George D. F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Paramunnidae; Meridiosignum; Meridiosignum minidenticulatum; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684103; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5684103

Meridiosignum minidenticulatum sp. nov. Figs 7–8 Type fixation. Holotype, Ψ, AM P60890. Here designated. Type locality. Macquarie Island, Australia. Etymology. The species is named for the numerous small denticles on the lateral margins of the pleotelson. Material examined. Holotype. preparatory Ψ, 1.40 mm, Aerial Cove, Macquarie Island, 54° 29' S, 158° 57' E, 2 February 1978, fine sediments in cracks and crevices and under rock overhangs, 3-4.5 m, coarse sediments from small sediment patches on level bottom, stn MA-382, AM P60890. Paratypes. 12 ɗ, 21 Ψ, same data as holotype, AM P75374. O ther material (this material is in poor condition having dried out or been roughed up during sampling, and is therefore not suitable as paratypes). 1 terminal ɗ, Australia, Macquarie Island (54° 30' S, 158° 57' E), 26 Jan 1978, stn MA-357, AM P60888. 2 ɗ, 6 Ψ, Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, off large rock on south west side of Cove, 54° 46’S 158° 48’E, 8 m, Plocamium, Codium, Ophiocantha and a scallop ... : Published as part of Just, Jean & Wilson, George D. F., 2007, Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Strömberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 1515 on pages 19-21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177291 ...