New and known species of the family Leuconidae(Cumacea, Peracarida) from Antarctic deep-sea basins

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: MÜHLENHARDT-SIEGEL, UTE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2011
• Subjects: Crustacea; Cumacea; Leuconidae; new species; deep-sea; Antarctica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3117.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3117.1.1

The leuconid cumaceans of the Antarctic deep-sea basins are listed. Ten new leuconid species are described: eight species in the genus Leucon: L. (Crymoleucon) parantarcticus, L. (C.) weddellensis, L. (C.) longirhinus, L. (C.) grandidentatus, L. (Leucon) quattuormulierum, L. (L.) andeep, L. (Macrauloleucon) weigmanni and L. (M.) complexus. One new species is described for the genus Eudorella: E. flokkeri. The genus Bytholeucon was discovered for the first time in Antarctic waters with a new species, B. hartmannorum.