A new species of Stilipedidae (Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A new species of Alexandrella is herein described based on material from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge around depths of 4700 m. Samples were collected in the scope of the South MAR ECO (Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystems of the Mid-Atlantic) Project, which was part of the Census of Marine Life...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: SEREJO, C. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2014
Subjects:
Alexandrella
new species
deep sea
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Census of Marine Life
Crustacea
Antarc*
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3852.1.6
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Summary:A new species of Alexandrella is herein described based on material from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge around depths of 4700 m. Samples were collected in the scope of the South MAR ECO (Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystems of the Mid-Atlantic) Project, which was part of the Census of Marine Life (CoML). Until the present study, Alexandrella was restricted to Antarctic and Subantarctic waters, with two species having extended distributions (Kermadec Trench, Australia and New Zealand). This is the first record of Alexandrella in the deep sea Atlantic, outside the Southern Ocean limits.

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