Mimonecteola antarctica Zeidler, 2012, sp. nov. ...

Mimonecteola antarctica sp. nov. (Figs 1 & 2) Material examined. Holotype. Female 8.0 mm (USNM 1090275); Southern Ocean, Pacific Sector, Amundsen Sea [62°11’– 62°20’S 115°02’– 114°24’W], R/V Eltanin, stn. 901, cruise 11, University of Southern California, 3477– 3678 m, 7 January 1964. Allotype....

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Main Author: Zeidler, Wolfgang
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Published: Zenodo 2012
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6177661
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6177661
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Summary:Mimonecteola antarctica sp. nov. (Figs 1 & 2) Material examined. Holotype. Female 8.0 mm (USNM 1090275); Southern Ocean, Pacific Sector, Amundsen Sea [62°11’– 62°20’S 115°02’– 114°24’W], R/V Eltanin, stn. 901, cruise 11, University of Southern California, 3477– 3678 m, 7 January 1964. Allotype. Male (?) 7.2 mm (USNM 1090274); Southern Ocean, Atlantic Sector, north-west of Elephant Island [60°12’– 60°21’S 59°00’– 59°14’W], R/V Eltanin, stn. 449, cruise 6, University of Southern California, 1610 m, 15 January 1963. Description of holotype (figs 1 & 2). Female, 8.0 mm; immature judging by the under-developed oostegites. Pereon moderately inflated due to enlargement of pereonites 1–4. Head with short, hook-shaped rostrum. Eyes small or barely discernable. Antennae 1 as long as head and first 1.5 pereonites combined (measured medially). Antennae 2 similar in length to antennae 1, with relatively long, slender terminal article. Gnathopod 1; basis marginally shorter than remaining articles combined; carpus ... : Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2012, A new species of Mimonecteola (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Mimonecteolidae) from the Southern Ocean, pp. 63-67 in Zootaxa 3308 on pages 63-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280989 ...