Rhachotropis abyssalis 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 abyssalis; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ross Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6204005; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6204005

Rhachotropis abyssalis sp. nov. (Figs 13–17) Material examined. Holotype: NIWA 60483, male, 13.2 mm, TAN0802/ 288, Brenke sled, 66°45.28’S, 171°9.7’E, 12 March 2008, depth 3379–3380 m, Admiralty seamount, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Paratypes: NIWA 60484, female, 13.2 mm, photographed on board immediately after sampling (Fig 17); damaged female, 15.5 mm; damaged male, 13.4 mm; all paratypes same collection data as holotype. Etymology. Rhachotropis abyssalis sp. nov. is named for the abyssal habitat in the northern Ross Sea from which the species was collected. Diagnosis. Body delicate. Rostrum longer than head. Antenna as long as body. 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. Pereonite 3 indented. Urosomite 1 bearing dorsal process, urosomites 2 and 3 smooth. Telson cleft, long and narrow. Description. Antenna 1 and 2 equal in length. Antenna 1 article 2 of peduncle with several plumose ... : 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 39-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195450 ...