Aeginella corallina Zettler & Freiwald & Guerra-García 2018, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Zettler, Michael L., Freiwald, André, Guerra-García, José M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Caprellidae; Aeginella; Aeginella corallina; Valentine; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978974; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5978974

Aeginella corallina sp. nov. (Figs 2–6) Type material. Holotype, mature male, 8.9 mm (used for description and drawings of lateral view, antennae, gnathopods, mouthparts, pereiopods 3–7 and abdomen) (vial: ZMB 31309), Scary mound at 374–375 m water depth at 9.82286°S and 12.77381°E, South Atlantic off Angola, associated to hexactinellid sponges (Sympagella sp. and Aphrocallistes sp.) within a Lophelia pertusa gallery, leg. 22nd January 2016. Paratype “1”, mature female, 7.3 mm (used for description and drawings of lateral view, antennae, gnathopods, mouthparts, pereiopods 3–7 and abdomen) (vial: ZMB 31310), collected together with the holotype. Paratype “2”, immature male, 6.2 mm (vial: ZMB 31311), part of the bulk from ROV dive and could not be associated to a specific subsample, same data as holotype. Paratype “3”, mature male, 8.6 mm (vial: ZMB 31312), Valentine Mound at 500 m water depth at 9.72833°S and 12.71460°E, South Atlantic off Angola, associated to a hydroid which was attached to a dead Madrepora ... : Published as part of Zettler, Michael L., Freiwald, André & Guerra-García, José M., 2018, Cold-water corals off Angola as refuge for a new Aeginella species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae), pp. 535-546 in Zootaxa 4462 (4) on pages 538-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1441837 ...