Marmachius fortunae Poore, 2012, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Poore, Gary C. B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Antarcturidae; Marmachius; Marmachius fortunae; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6166958; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6166958

Marmachius fortunae n. sp. (Figs 1–3) Antarcturus sp.— Poore, 2001: fig. 1g. Material examined. Holotype. Australia, Victoria, 85 km S of Point Hicks, 38.5235°S, 149.3517°E, 1984– 1360 m, G.C.B. Poore et al. on RV Franklin, beam trawl, 26 Oct 1988 (stn SLOPE 72), Museum Victoria (NMV) J16897 (male, 39 mm). Description. Total body length about 4.7 times as long as greatest width, almost cylindrical. Head with excavate frontal margin; with pair of submedian long spines curving forwards, 1 short and 1 very short sublateral spines on each side; maxillipedal segment with pair of short straight submedian spines, 2 lateral tubercles each side. Pereonite 1 with pair of submedian long spines curving forwards, 1 median short straight spine, second pair of submedian very short spines, pair of sublateral long spines anteriorly directed and curved, 2 short lateral (supracoxal) spines arranged obliquely on each side, second longer; coxa fused, laterally notched, with 2 tubercles. Pereonite 2 with pair of proximate ... : Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., 2012, Marmachius, a spectacular new genus of Antarcturidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera), pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 3559 on pages 63-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210340 ...