Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. is described from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica. This is the second record of Mesosignum from the Southern Ocean, the other known species being M. antarcticum Schultz, 1979. Mesosignum brevispinis Birstein, 1963 from the Pacific Ocean is the most similar specie...
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ftmagnoliapress:oai:https://mapress.com/oai/:article/815 2024-04-14T08:01:53+00:00 Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica CHOUDHURY, MADHUMITA BRANDT, ANGELIKA 2004-04-30 application/pdf https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.501.1.1 eng eng Mangolia Press https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.501.1.1/7919 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.501.1.1 Copyright (c) 2015 Zootaxa Zootaxa; Vol. 501 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2004; 1–10 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.501.1 Crustacea Isopoda Mesosignum deep sea Antarctica Southern Ocean taxonomy new species info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2004 ftmagnoliapress https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.501.1 2024-03-21T18:13:00Z Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. is described from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica. This is the second record of Mesosignum from the Southern Ocean, the other known species being M. antarcticum Schultz, 1979. Mesosignum brevispinis Birstein, 1963 from the Pacific Ocean is the most similar species. The most significant difference is the length of the seventh pereonite, which is only half as long as the other pereonites in M. brevispinis, while in M. weddellensis it is as long as the other pereonites. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Southern Ocean Weddell Sea Magnolia press Pacific Southern Ocean Weddell Weddell Sea Zootaxa 501 1 |
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Crustacea Isopoda Mesosignum deep sea Antarctica Southern Ocean taxonomy new species CHOUDHURY, MADHUMITA BRANDT, ANGELIKA Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. is described from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica. This is the second record of Mesosignum from the Southern Ocean, the other known species being M. antarcticum Schultz, 1979. Mesosignum brevispinis Birstein, 1963 from the Pacific Ocean is the most similar species. The most significant difference is the length of the seventh pereonite, which is only half as long as the other pereonites in M. brevispinis, while in M. weddellensis it is as long as the other pereonites. |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica |
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mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (crustacea: asellota: mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal weddell sea, antarctica |
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