Diastylis andeepae Alberico & Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2010, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Alberico, Natalia, Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Cumacea; Diastylidae; Diastylis; Diastylis andeepae; Antarc*; Antarctic; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208582; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6208582

Diastylis andeepae n. sp. (Figures 1−4) Material examined. R/V “Polarstern”. ANDEEP I (ANT XIX/3). West Weddell Sea, Sta. 46−7, 60º38.35´S, 53º57.36´W, 2893.6 m, 30 January 2002: 1 manca (ZMH K- 42178). ANDEEP III (ANT XXII/3). East Weddell Sea, Sta. 80−9, 70º39.07´S, 14º43.36´W, 3103 m, 23 February 2005: 1 preparatory ♀ (with an isopod on basis of pereopod 1) (holotype ZMH K −42179). Diagnosis. Carapace with small tubercles all over, inferior margin serrated; anterior part with an arched row of teeth on each side of the pseudorostrum, an oblique row of three teeth on each side of the frontal lobe fissures, and two middorsal rows of small teeth. Pereopod 2, ischium with four strong teeth. Pereopods 3 and 4 without rudimentary exopods. Telson with five cuspidate setae on each side. Uropod endopod of two articles. Description of the preparatory female (based on the holotype ZMH K −42179) Total length: approximately 11.75 mm. Carapace (Figures 1 A, B) approximately 1.3 times as long as wide, surface with small ... : Published as part of Alberico, Natalia & Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute, 2010, Two new Diastylis (Cumacea: Diastylidae) from Antarctic waters: Diastylis andeepae and D. catalinae, pp. 33-48 in Zootaxa 2440 on pages 34-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194934 ...