Morphology and distribution of some new pelagic ostracods of genus Metaconchoecia (Halocyprida: Halocyprididae) from the North Pacific

Four new species and one subspecies of halocypridids belonging to the genus Metaconchoecia Kock, 1992 have been found inhabiting depths ranging from 25 to 7140 m in the subtropical and temperate regions of the North Pacific (including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea). These new halocyprids are named a...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: CHAVTUR, VLADIMIR GRYGORJEVICH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2003
Subjects:
Crustacea
Ostracoda
Halocyprididae
Metaconchoecia
morphology
taxonomy
geographic and vertical distribution
North Pacific
Alta
Bering Sea
Okhotsk
Pacific
Kamchatka
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.229.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.229.1.1
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Summary:Four new species and one subspecies of halocypridids belonging to the genus Metaconchoecia Kock, 1992 have been found inhabiting depths ranging from 25 to 7140 m in the subtropical and temperate regions of the North Pacific (including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea). These new halocyprids are named as M. longiseta nov sp. , M. alta nov. sp., M. ampla nov. sp., M. crassiseta nov. sp. and M. inflata lata.nov. ssp. Their morphology and vertical distribution of two mass species (M. longiseta and M. alta) are described in areas of the Kurile-Kamchatka and Aleutian Trenchs.

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