Androgynella spectabilis Studer 1883

• Main Authors: Larsen, Kim, Shimomura, Michitaka
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Apseudidae; Androgynella; Androgynella spectabilis; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Kerguelen; Greenwich; Kerguelen Island; Inach; Greenwich Island; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6252860; https://zenodo.org/record/6252860

Androgynella spectabilis (Studer, 1883) (Fig. 1) Apseudes spectabilis Studer, 1883 Apseudes sculptus Pfeffer, 1888 Apseudes hermaphroditicus Lang, 1953 Apseudes nipponicus forma hermaphroditicus Shiino, 1970 Material examined 5 males (ZMB # 4526), Kerguelen Island, June 1883. Remarks The description by Studer (1883) is of little value for modern taxonomy, but examination of the type material revealed that the rostrum of A. spectabilis and A. hermaphroditicus (as photographed by Lang 1953) are identical, and both lack the ventral spine diagnostic of A. nipponicus. Although the original description cannot be used, there is no need to redescribe this species as the later description (Lang 1953) is deemed adequate. As Lang (1953: 351, plate 1) only used photographs to illustrate the habitus, a dorsal habitus drawing is presented here to supplement his description. : Published as part of Larsen, Kim & Shimomura, Michitaka, 2006, Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan. I. Apseudomorpha from the East China Sea, Seto Inland Sea, and Nansei Islands, pp. 29-48 in Zootaxa 1341 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174415 : {"references": ["Studer, T. (1883) Isopoden, gesammelt wahrend der Reise S. M. S Gazelle um die Erde, 1874 - 76. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie fur Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1883, 1 - 28.", "Pfeffer, P. (1888) Zur Fauna von Sued-Georgien. Jahrbuche der Hamburg Wissenschaflichen Anstalten, 6 (2), 37 - 55.", "Lang, K. (1953) Apseudes hermaphroditicus n. sp. A hermaphroditic tanaid from the Antarctic. Arkiv for Zoologi, 2 (4), 341 - 350.", "Shiino, S. M. (1970) Paratanaidae collected in Chile Bay, Greenwich Island by the XXII Chilean Expedition, with an Apseudes from Porvenir Point, Tierra del Fuego Island. INACH, Serie Cientifico, 1 (2), 77 - 122."]}