Torquella iberica Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Bamber & Cunha, 2011, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Bamber, Roger N, Cunha, Marina R
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Typhlotanaidae; Torquella; Torquella iberica; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6189437; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6189437

Torquella iberica sp. nov. Figs 17–19 Material. 1Ƥ, Holotype (BMNH.2010.415), 1 female, dissected, Station Mek 581, Meknès mud-volcano, 34º59.178’N 07º04.353’W, 700 m depth, mud breccia, TV-grab, 28.07.2005, coll. MRC. Description. Body (Fig. 17 A, B) attenuate, relatively large, holotype 4.7 mm long, 9.5 times as long as wide. Cephalothorax trapezoidal, as long as wide, just longer than pereonite 2, naked, rostrum evident, eyes absent. All pereonites trapezoidal, pereonite 1 with slightly concave anterior margin, pereonites 1 to 3 wider anteriorly, pereonites 4 to 6 wider posteriorly; pereonites 1 and 4 subequal, 0.8 times as long as cephalothorax, pereonites 2 and 5 subequal, as long as cephalothorax, pereonite 3 longest, 1.1 times as long as pereonite 2, pereonite 6 shortest, 0.75 times as long as pereonite 4 (all pereonites respectively 1.3, 0.8, 0.7, 1.0, 0.8 and 1.4 times as wide as long). Pleon 18% of whole body length; each pleonite 4 times as wide as long, naked, and bearing pleopods. Pleotelson ... : Published as part of Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Bamber, Roger N & Cunha, Marina R, 2011, New tanaidomorph Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from submarine mud-volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (North-east Atlantic), pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 2769 on pages 29-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204823 ...