Mesotanais pinguiculus 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; Leptocheliidae; Mesotanais; Mesotanais pinguiculus; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6189444; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6189444

Mesotanais pinguiculus sp. nov. Figs 23–25 Type material. 1Ƥ, Holotype (BMNH.2010.418), 1Ƥ, 2 neuters, paratypes (BMNH.2010.419-421), Station JB391, Jesus Baraza mud-volcano, 35º35.439’N 07º12.264’W, 1105 m depth, carbonate clay and mud-breccia, TVgrab, 0 9.07.2002, coll. MRC Other records. 3ƤƤ, same data as holotype; 10 specimens, Stn TTR 416, TTR mud-volcano, 35º21.87’N 06º52.00’W, 695 m depth, mud and corals, TV-grab, 17.07.2002; 3 specimens, Stn Mek 541, Meknès mud-volcano, 34º59.103’N 07º04.435’W, 703 m depth, mud- breccia and H2S, TV-grab, 05.08.2004; 2 specimens, Stn Mek 581, Meknès mud-volcano, 34º59.178’N 07º04.353’W, 700 m depth, mud- breccia, TV-grab, 28.07.2005; 3 specimens, Stn Mek 586, Meknès mud-volcano, 34º59.146’N 07º04.380’W, 701 m depth, mud-breccia, TV-grab, 28.07.2005. Description of female: body (Fig. 23 A, B) relatively stout, cephalothorax and pleon narrower than pereon; holotype 2.3 mm long, 5.7 times as long as wide. Cephalothorax laterally convex, 1.4 times as long as wide, as long ... : 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 38-43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204823 ...