Leuconidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from the collections of the Museum Victoria, Australia

The collections of the Museum Victoria have yielded six new leuconid species in five genera from Australian waters: Austroleucon adiazetos n. sp., A. dolosolevis n. sp., Eudorellopsis mykteros n. sp., Kontiloleucon australiensis n. gen., n. sp., Leucon (Alytoleucon) dolichorhinos n. sp., Ommatoleuco...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: GERKEN, SARAH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2016
Subjects:
Crustacea
Leuconidae
Cumacea
Australia
key
Antarc*
Antarctica
Enderby Land
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4067.3.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.1
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Summary:The collections of the Museum Victoria have yielded six new leuconid species in five genera from Australian waters: Austroleucon adiazetos n. sp., A. dolosolevis n. sp., Eudorellopsis mykteros n. sp., Kontiloleucon australiensis n. gen., n. sp., Leucon (Alytoleucon) dolichorhinos n. sp., Ommatoleucon megalopos n. sp. as well as the new genus Kontiloleucon. Leucon (Leucon) echinolophotos n. sp. is a new species from off Enderby Land, Antarctica. Keys to the Australian leuconid genera and species are included.

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