Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic

A new isopod genus is described from the Canada Basin, Nymphodora gen. nov. The type species of the genus, Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) comb. nov., was first described as Desmosomatidae in the genus Mirabilicoxa and then later assigned to Chelibranchus by Kussakin (1999). However,...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: KAISER, STEFANIE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2009
Subjects:
Crustacea
Malacostraca
Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George
1975) comb. nov
Nannoniscus
Panetela
Canada Basin
deep sea
Arctic
Canada
canada basin
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2096.1.22
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Summary:A new isopod genus is described from the Canada Basin, Nymphodora gen. nov. The type species of the genus, Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) comb. nov., was first described as Desmosomatidae in the genus Mirabilicoxa and then later assigned to Chelibranchus by Kussakin (1999). However, the species bears characters with a greater affinity to Nannoniscidae, such as a bulbous terminal article of antenna 1 and fusions of the pereonites 6, 7 and pleotelson. Here, the species is redescribed and transferred to a new genus in Nannoniscidae.

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