Rhachotropis rossi Lörz, 2010, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Lörz, Anne-Nina
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Eusiridae; Rhachotropis; Rhachotropis rossi; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ross Sea; Scott Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6204004; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6204004

Rhachotropis rossi sp. nov. (Figs 9–12) Material examined. Holotype: NIWA 45813, ovigarous female, 11.8 mm, TAN0802/188, Brenke sled, 68°33.7’S, 178°22.19’W, 1 March 2008, 3210 m, Scott Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Etymology. Rhachotropis rossi sp. nov. is named after James Ross, the discoverer of the Ross Sea, where the species was collected. Diagnosis. Body delicate. Rostrum shorter than head. Eyes absent. Head twice as long as pereonite 1, lateral lobes strongly produced. Pereonites smooth. All pleonites bearing small dorsal processes, pleonite 1 and 2 additionally bearing very small dorsolateral processes. Pereonite 3 indented. Pereonite 3 and urosomite 1 with dorsal ridge. Urosomites 1–3 dorsolaterally smooth. Telson slightly cleft, triangular, long and narrow. Description of holotype. Antenna 1 broken off, with more than 10 articles. Antenna 2 article 3 of peduncle shorter than article 4, with several plumose setae; flagellum 18-articulate. Mandible with incisor process well developed, lacinia mobilis ... : 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 34-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195450 ...