New Mysida (Crustacea) in the genus Pseudomma from the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean)

Two new Erythropinae mysids, Pseudomma bellingshausensis and P. melandi are described from specimens sampled with a suprabenthic sled in the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean). P. bellingshausensis and P. melandi are distinguishable from its closest congeners, P. antarcticum Zimmer, 1914, P. jasi M...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: SAN VICENTE, CARLOS
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2011
Subjects:
Crustacea
taxonomy
Erythropinae
Pseudomma
bellingshausensis
melandi
Antarctica
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Bellingshausen Sea
Meland
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2833.1.2
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2833.1.2
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Summary:Two new Erythropinae mysids, Pseudomma bellingshausensis and P. melandi are described from specimens sampled with a suprabenthic sled in the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean). P. bellingshausensis and P. melandi are distinguishable from its closest congeners, P. antarcticum Zimmer, 1914, P. jasi Meland & Brattegard, 1995 and P. islandicum Meland & Brattegard, 2007 by ocular plate sculpturing and telson armature. A key for the Antarctic and Subantarctic Pseudomma species is also included.

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