The Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from a North Atlantic Transect with RV “Sonne” with the description of ten new species

In total 36 species were identified, from the abyssal of the Vema Fracture Zone in the tropical northern Atlantic and the Puerto Rico Trench, including ten new species. The new species are Chalarostylis erebos n. sp., Chalarostylis nyx n. sp. (Lampropidae), Bathycuma sonneae n. sp. (Bodotriidae), Le...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: MÜHLENHARDT-SIEGEL, UTE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2019
Subjects:
Crustacea
Cumacea
new species
deep sea
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4572.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4572.1.1
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Summary:In total 36 species were identified, from the abyssal of the Vema Fracture Zone in the tropical northern Atlantic and the Puerto Rico Trench, including ten new species. The new species are Chalarostylis erebos n. sp., Chalarostylis nyx n. sp. (Lampropidae), Bathycuma sonneae n. sp. (Bodotriidae), Leucon (Crymoleucn) fracturensis n. sp., Leucon (Crymoleucon) marinae n. sp., Leucon (Macrauloleucon) longiserratus n. sp., Leucon (Macrauloleucon) breviserratus n. sp. (Leuconidae), Atlantistylis paraborealis n.sp., Leptostylis abyssalis n. sp. and Leptostylis danieli n. sp. (Diastylidae).

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