Rhachotropis delicata Lörz, 2010, sp. nov. ...
Rhachotropis delicata sp. nov. (Figs 5–8) Material examined. Holotype: NIWA 60481, ovigarous female, 10.3 mm. Type locality: TAN0705/285, 43°47.48´S, 175°18.56´E, Brenke sled, 27 April 2007, 420 m, Chatham Rise, New Zealand. Paratype: NIWA 60482, female 8.2 mm, same locality as holotype. Etymology....
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| Summary: | Rhachotropis delicata sp. nov. (Figs 5–8) Material examined. Holotype: NIWA 60481, ovigarous female, 10.3 mm. Type locality: TAN0705/285, 43°47.48´S, 175°18.56´E, Brenke sled, 27 April 2007, 420 m, Chatham Rise, New Zealand. Paratype: NIWA 60482, female 8.2 mm, same locality as holotype. Etymology. Rhachotropis delicata sp. nov. is named for its delicate, elegant body shape. Diagnosis. Body delicate. Rostrum longer than head. Eyes absent. Head twice as long as pereonite 1, lateral lobes strongly produced. Pereonites smooth. Pereopod 7 longer than body. All pleonites bearing dorsal processes, pleonite 1 and 2 additionally bearing dorsolateral processes. Pereonite 3 indented. Urosomite 1 dorsolaterally smooth or bearing small dorsal hook. Telson cleft one-tenth, triangular, long and narrow. Description. Antenna 1 shorter than antenna 2. Antenna 1 peduncle with several plumose setae; article 2 slightly longer than article 1, twice as long as article 3; flagellum 11-articulate. Antenna 2 peduncle articles 3 and ... : Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2010, Deep-sea Rhachotropis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) from New Zealand and the Ross Sea with key to the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Antarctic species, pp. 22-48 in Zootaxa 2482 on pages 29-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195450 ... |
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