Onchidoris expectata Martynov & Korshunova 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Martynov, Alexander, Korshunova, Tatiana
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Nudibranchia; Onchidorididae; Onchidoris; Onchidoris expectata; Kamchatka Peninsula; Nadezhda; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010361; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6010361

Onchidoris expectata sp. nov. (Figures 4; 5C) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5305B972-7C4D-4903-AE5C-9CA75D30903F Type Material. Holotype, ZMMU Op-593 (5 mm length), Kurile Islands, Matua Island, Cape Klyuv, 15 m depth, leg. N.P. Sanamyan, 26.08.2016. Paratypes, ZMMU Op-594 (6 mm length), 1 specimen, Kurile Islands, Matua Island, 15 m depth, leg. N.P. Sanamyan, 26.08.2016. ZMMU Op-595 (7 mm length), 1 specimen, NW Pacific near Kamchatka peninsula, Avachinskaya bay, 10 m depth, leg. N.P. Sanamyan, 16.09.2011. Type locality. Matua Island, Middle Kurile Islands, NW Pacific. Etymology. From the Latin expectatus which means both “expected” and “hoped for,” due to the expectation of the finding of new onchidoridid species in NW Pacific. The Russian word for “hope” is nadezhda which coincides with the first name of the collector of this species, Nadezhda Sanamyan. Description. External morphology. The length of holotype is 5 mm, the width is 2.5 mm (Fig. 4 A, B). The lengths of two preserved paratypes ... : Published as part of Martynov, Alexander & Korshunova, Tatiana, 2017, World's northenmost and rarely observed Nudibranchs: three new Onchidoridid species (Gastropoda: Doridida) from Russian seas, pp. 391-404 in Zootaxa 4299 (3) on pages 398-401, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/836042 ...