Pseudidothea armata sp. n., a new isopod of the genus Pseudidothea (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Isopoda) from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Nicholas Noli, Davide Di Franco, Stefano Schiaparelli, Angelika Brandt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; morphology; ecology; distribution; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Burdwood Bank; Ohlin; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e76864; https://doaj.org/article/7601e0805dbe4a66be6f4d5ff1a1ca20

In the framework of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Expedion JR 15005 SO-AntEco, held in February-March 2016, the South Orkney Islands seafloor was sampled in order to investigate the distribution and composition of benthic communities around the area.A new species of the genus Pseudidothea Ohlin, 1901 is described from the Burdwood Bank area (South Orkney Islands). It has been collected during the SO-AntEco JR15005 RRS James Clark Ross expedition under the lead of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The new species, Pseudidothea armata sp. n., is very similar to P. scutata (Stephensen, 1947); however, it is characterised by peculiar supra-ocular spines and a different tubercular pattern. The study of the species of the Pseudidothea helps to better understand the diversity of the Pseudidotheidae in the Southern Ocean.