Collettea longipleona Blażewicz-Paszkowycz & Larsen, 2005, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Blażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Larsen, Kim
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Colletteidae; Collettea; Collettea longipleona; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267799; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6267799

Collettea longipleona sp. nov. (Figs. 5–6) Diagnosis. Female. Pereonite 2 longer that pereonite 1. Pereonite 6 almost as long as pereonite 5. Pleon marginally longer than pereon. Pleonites long, about two­thirds as long as wide. Pleotelson longer than last three pleonites. Antenna article 4 without fusion line. Maxilliped endite with one distal seta only. Cheliped fixed finger with several prominent pointed denticles. Cheliped dactylus as long as fixed finger. Uropods short, not protruding beyond apex of pleotelson; endopod uni­articulated. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Non­ovigerous female holotype, body length 3.5 mm (ZMH­K 40911): Polarstern Cr. PS61/141­10; 58°25.08'­ 58°24.93' S, 25°0.77'­ 25°0.95' W; depth 2313­ 2281 m, 23 Mar 2002. Paratypes: 1 non­ovigerous female dissected (ZMH­K 40912), same locality as holotype. Etymology. Named to reflect the elongate pleon of this species (Latin: longus = long + pleona = pleon in feminine form). Description. Adult female. Body (Fig. 5 A) 11 times as long as ... : Published as part of Blażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena & Larsen, Kim, 2005, New species of the genus Collettea Lang, 1973 (Peracarida: Tanaidacea, Colletteidae) from the Antarctic., pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 1085 on pages 12-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170459 ...