Renella lowryi Labay 2023, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Pakynidae; Renella; Renella lowryi; Kamchatka Peninsula; Lowry; Okhotsk; Kamchatka; okhotsk sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8247177; https://zenodo.org/record/8247177

Renella lowryi sp. nov. Figures 1–6 Type material. Holotype female, 4.85 mm, X-54594/Cr-2453, slope of western Kamchatka Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East of Russia (58º0334’N 154º5505’E, 396 m), silt, N.V. Shalaputin, 31 July 2020. Paratype: female, 4.6 mm, X-54596/Cr-2454, slope of western Kamchatka Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East of Russia (57º7996’N 154º3312’E, 457 m), silt, N.V. Shalaputin, 31 July 2020. Paratype: female, 4.2 mm, X-54597/Cr-2455, slope of western Kamchatka Peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East of Russia (55º577’N 154º4402’E, 202 m), silt, N.V. Shalaputin, 06 August 2020. Type locality. The western slope of Kamchatka Peninsula, Okhotsk Sea, Far East of Russia (200–460 m). Etymology. Named in memory of famous Australian carcinologist James K. Lowry, who is the largest specialist in the taxonomy of Amphipoda in total, and of the family Pakynidae in particular. Diagnosis. Body shape slender. Small dorsal spine present on pereonite 5. Eyes are absent. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, ... : Published as part of Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2023, A new deep-sea species of Renella (Amphipoda: Lysianassida: Pakynidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk, pp. 419-428 in Zootaxa 5325 (3) on pages 421-426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/8243514 ...