Bythocypris polarsterni Brandão, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Brandão, Simone N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Ostracoda; Podocopida; Bairdiidae; Bythocypris; Bythocypris polarsterni; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6233667; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6233667

Bythocypris polarsterni sp. nov. (Figs. 24.N, O, R, S, V, W, 33–35, 36.A–D) Etymology. From the RV Polarstern. Material: 4 live specimens. Holotype: 1 A F (SNB 0137), ANDEEP II, # 134–4–E, ZMH K­ 41314. Paratypes: 1 (A­1) (SNB 0246), 2 (A­?2) (SNB 0 383, B 0384), ANDEEP II, # 134–4–S, ZMH K­ 41315. Distribution. NW Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean (Atlantic Sector), 4059.4 to 4068.7m. Measurements (Fig. 34). Holotype, LV, L 2.23mm, H 1.07mm; RV, L 2.22mm, H 1.01mm. Paratypes, LV, (A­1) L 1.76mm, H 0.88mm; (A­2) L 1.37–1.41mm, H 0.68mm. Diagnosis. Valves large; lateral outline quite rectilinear, subtrapezoidal; inequilateral, both anterior and posterior margins narrowly rounded, but anterior broader than posterior; ventral margin straight in LV and fairly straight in RV. Podomere VI of AII with 1 long articulated claw, 1 short fused (!) claw, and 1 or 2 short thin setae. Vibratory plate of MxI with 4 or 5 strahlen and 21 or 22 feathered setae. Vibratory plate of ApV with 4 strahlen plus around 8 setae. Fu with 3 ... : Published as part of Brandão, Simone N., 2008, New species of Bairdioidea (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Southern Ocean and discussions on Bairdoppilata simplex (Brady, 1880),? Bairdoppilata labiata (Müller, 1908) and Bythopussella aculeata (Müller, 1908) *, pp. 373-452 in Zootaxa 1866 on pages 421-425, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183820 ...