Caudacalanus mirus Markhaseva & Schulz, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Markhaseva, Elena L., Schulz, Knud
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Calanoida; Arctokonstantinidae; Caudacalanus; Caudacalanus mirus; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6227773; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6227773

Caudacalanus mirus sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) Holotype. Dissected adult female (ZMH Reg. no. K–41255), body length 2.70 mm. Collected Southern Ocean, 60º38’S 53º57’W, RV Polarstern (ANDEEP I), 30 January 2002, above the seabed at 2893– 2889 m. Paratype. Dissected adult female (ZMH Reg. no. K–41256), body length 2.80 mm. Collected Southern Ocean, 65º19’S 51º31’W, RV Polarstern (ANDEEP II), 0 5 March 2002, above the seabed at 3050 m. The holotype and paratype are deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg, University of Hamburg (ZMH). Description. Female: total length 2.70–2.80 mm (n=2). Prosome 1.3–1.5 times as long as urosome. Rostrum as an elongated cone (Fig. 1 C–D). Posterior corners of prosome as short rounded lobes (Fig. 1 A–B, I). Genital double somite symmetrical (Fig. 1 H–I, K). Caudal rami asymmetrical; right ramus nearly twice as long and wide as left; both rami with 4 terminal setae; right ramus with a small mediodorsal seta, ventral seta lacking; left ramus with a small medioventral seta, dorsal seta ... : Published as part of Markhaseva, Elena L. & Schulz, Knud, 2008, Caudacalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida): a new benthopelagic genus from the abyss of the tropical South Atlantic and Southern Ocean *, pp. 277-289 in Zootaxa 1866 on pages 280-287, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183714 ...