A revaluation of the Eurycopinae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Munnopsidae) with a description of Dubinectes gen. nov. from the southern Atlantic deep sea

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: MALYUTINA, MARINA, BRANDT, ANGELIKA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2006
• Subjects: Crustacea; Deep sea; southern Atlantic; Southern Ocean; taxonomy; Munnopsidae; Dubinectes; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Menzies
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1272.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1272.1.1

A new genus of Eurycopinae (Munnopsidae), Dubinectes gen. nov., is described for Eurycope acutitelson Menzies, 1962, E. nodosa Menzies, 1962 and two new species, collected from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean. The new genus is distinguished by the distinctive shape of the pleotelson posterior margin...