Antennuloniscus alfi Würzberg & Brökeland, 2006, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Würzberg, Laura, Brökeland, Wiebke
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Haploniscidae; Antennuloniscus; Antennuloniscus alfi; Scotia Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6261794; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6261794

Antennuloniscus alfi n. sp. Etymology The species is named after the first author’s late companion, Alfi. Material Holotype: subadult male, 2.1 mm long, 0.9 mm wide, station 42­2, 59°40.42’S, 57°35.27’W, 3680 m, Scotia Sea, ZMH K­ 40699 Paratypes: 10 juveniles, 1.0– 1.4 mm long, ZMH K­ 40703; 11 females, 1.6–2.00 mm long, same station as holotype ZMH K­ 40702 and K­ 40845 (SEM specimen); 3 subadult males, 1.8–2.2 mm long, ZMH K­ 40704. Station 43­8, 60°27.24’S, 56°5.25’W, 3962 m: 2 juveniles, 1.2–1.3 mm long, ZMH K­ 40707; 3 females, 2.1–2.5 mm long, ZMH K­ 40701 and K­ 40706; 1 subadult male, 2.0 mm long, ZMH K­ 40705. Station 46­7, 60°38.12’S, 53°57.49’W, 2893 m: 4 juveniles, 1.1–1.3 mm long, ZMH K­ 40708; 2 females, 1.9–2.2 mm long, ZMH K­ 40709. Diagnosis Body length 3.3 width. Head trapezoidal, width 2.6 length; anterior margin convex, without rostrum. Pleotelson with 2 large tubercles and two rounded longitudinal ridges adjacent to uropod insertion on dorsal surface, ridges more pronounced in males; ... : Published as part of Würzberg, Laura & Brökeland, Wiebke, 2006, Antennuloniscus alfi n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Haploniscidae) from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica, pp. 43-55 in Zootaxa 1130 on pages 44-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171880 ...