Labriphimedia pulchridentata Stebbing 1888

Labriphimedia pulchridentata (Stebbing, 1888) (Fig. 8) Material examined. 1 ovig. female, 20.1 mm, AM P 87292, Hjort Seamount, Macquarie Ridge, 56 ° 14 ' 46.7982 "S, 158 ° 30 ' 20.4006 "E, 676–750 m, TAN0803/98, 16 April 2008; 1 male, 20.8 mm, NIWA 40808, “seamount 8 ”, Macquarie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lörz, Anne-Nina
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2012
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Iphimediidae
Labriphimedia
Labriphimedia pulchridentata
Coleman
Hjort Seamount
Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6180548
https://zenodo.org/record/6180548
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Summary:Labriphimedia pulchridentata (Stebbing, 1888) (Fig. 8) Material examined. 1 ovig. female, 20.1 mm, AM P 87292, Hjort Seamount, Macquarie Ridge, 56 ° 14 ' 46.7982 "S, 158 ° 30 ' 20.4006 "E, 676–750 m, TAN0803/98, 16 April 2008; 1 male, 20.8 mm, NIWA 40808, “seamount 8 ”, Macquarie Ridge, 56 ° 14 ' 46.7982 "S, 158 ° 30 ' 20.4006 "E, 605–709 m, TAN0803/93, 15 April 2008. Remarks. Labriphimedia pulchridentata (Stebbing, 1888) was collected at “seamount 8 ” 605–709 m (NIWA 40808) and Hjort Seamount) 676–750 m (AM P 87292) on the Macquarie Ridge. Figure 8 shows L. pulchridentata shortly after capture. The body is translucent white, light rose coloured; the large oval eye red orange. This species is unique in the iphimediids (Coleman 2007) in having this specific dorsal armature, bicuspidate coxae 5–7 and such impressive teeth on bases 5–7. : Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2012, First records of Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Macquarie Ridge, with description of a new species and its juveniles, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 3200 on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214078 : {"references": ["Stebbing, T. R. R. (1888) Report on the Amphipoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876, IV - XXIV, 1 - 872; Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76, Zoology, 29, 1 - 1737, pls 1 - 210. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London.", "Coleman, C. O. (2007) Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean; Volume 2: Acanthonotozomellidae, Amathillopsidae, Dikwidae, Epimeriidae, Iphimediidae, Ochlesidae and Vicmusiidae. Bulletin de l'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie, 77, Supplement 2, 1 - 142."]}

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