A new species of Mimonecteola (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Mimonecteolidae) from the Southern Ocean

A new species of Mimonecteola, M. antarctica sp. nov., is described from two specimens collected by the R/V Eltaninfrom the Amundsen Sea (Pacific Sector) and north-west of Elephant Island (Atlantic Sector). It is most similar to M. carls-bergi Zeidler, 2009 but is readily distinguished by the relati...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: ZEIDLER, WOLFGANG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2012
Subjects:
Crustacea
Amphipoda
Hyperiidea
Mimonecteolidae
Mimonecteola antarctica new species
Southern Ocean
Amundsen Sea
Pacific
Elephant Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3308.1.3
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3308.1.3
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Summary:A new species of Mimonecteola, M. antarctica sp. nov., is described from two specimens collected by the R/V Eltaninfrom the Amundsen Sea (Pacific Sector) and north-west of Elephant Island (Atlantic Sector). It is most similar to M. carls-bergi Zeidler, 2009 but is readily distinguished by the relatively shorter, and more feeble, fifth pereopoda and the relatively longer second antennae. The genus now consists of seven species and a new key to distinguish them is provided.

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