Aeginella corallina Zettler & Freiwald & Guerra-García 2018, sp. nov. ...
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 o...
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978975 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5978975 |
| Summary: | 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 ... |
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