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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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
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spelling ftmagnoliapress:oai:https://mapress.com/oai/:article/6378 2024-04-14T08:07:32+00:00 Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic KAISER, STEFANIE 2009-05-11 application/pdf https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2096.1.22 eng eng Mangolia Press https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2096.1.22/28470 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2096.1.22 Copyright (c) 2015 Zootaxa Zootaxa; Vol. 2096 No. 1: 11 May. 2009; 371–380 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1 Crustacea Malacostraca Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George 1975) comb. nov Nannoniscus Panetela Canada Basin deep sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftmagnoliapress https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1 2024-03-21T18:16:20Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic canada basin Magnolia press Arctic Canada Zootaxa 2096 1
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topic Crustacea
Malacostraca
Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George
1975) comb. nov
Nannoniscus
Panetela
Canada Basin
deep sea
spellingShingle Crustacea
Malacostraca
Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George
1975) comb. nov
Nannoniscus
Panetela
Canada Basin
deep sea
KAISER, STEFANIE
Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
topic_facet Crustacea
Malacostraca
Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George
1975) comb. nov
Nannoniscus
Panetela
Canada Basin
deep sea
description 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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author KAISER, STEFANIE
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title Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
title_short Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
title_full Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
title_fullStr Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic
title_sort nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of nannoniscidae hansen, 1916 (isopoda, asellota, janiroidea) from the high arctic
publisher Mangolia Press
publishDate 2009
url https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2096.1.22
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op_source Zootaxa; Vol. 2096 No. 1: 11 May. 2009; 371–380
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