Pertsovius heterodentatus Andronov & Kosobokova, 2011, n. gen. ...

• Main Authors: Andronov, Vladimir N., Kosobokova, Ksenia N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Calanoida; Discoidae; Pertsovius; Pertsovius heterodentatus; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; canada basin; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6182136; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6182136

Pertsovius heterodentatus n. gen. et sp. nov. (Figures 5–6) Material examined. Holotype: adult female, dissected, body length 0.70 mm. ZIN accession number 91098. Collected during the USCGC “ Healy ” Ocean Exploration-05/2 cruise, station 5, Canada Basin (73° 24’N, 153° 33’W), 5 July 2005, bottom depth 3850 m, depth of collection 3000– 2000 m. Paratype: adult female, dissected, body length 0.70 mm. ZIN accession number 91099. Collected during the USCGC “ Healy ” Ocean Exploration-05/2 cruise, station 5, Canada Basin (73° 24’N, 153° 33’W), 5 July 2005, bottom depth 3850 m, depth of collection 2000– 1000 m. Species description. Prosome ovoid in dorsal view (Fig. 5: 1), nearly three times as long as urosome and 1.9 times as long as wide. The first pediger partly separate from cephalosome (Fig. 5: 2), while fourth and fifth pedigers fused. Genital complex slightly asymmetrical (Fig. 5: 3) with lateral borders strongly convex, and large spermathecae obvious. Genital double somite approximately equal in length to ... : Published as part of Andronov, Vladimir N. & Kosobokova, Ksenia N., 2011, New species of small, bathypelagic calanoid copepods from the Arctic Ocean: Brodskius arcticus sp. nov. (Tharybidae) and three new species of Pertsovius gen. nov. (Discoidae), pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 2809 on pages 41-43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.208016 ...