Frontoserolis abyssalis n. sp. and Serolis arntzi n. sp. (Serolidae, Isopoda) from the Antarctic deep sea

A new collection of Serolidae (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from the deep sea of the West-Atlantic part of Antarctica has been studied. Descriptions of the new species Frontoserolis abyssalis n. sp. and Serolis arntzi n. sp. are presented. F. abyssalis n. sp. is very similar to F. acuminata (Sheppard, 1...

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Main Author: Brandt, Angelika
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2003
Subjects:
taxonomy
new species
Serolidae
Antarctica
deep sea
Antarctic
Rugosa
Sheppard
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505110
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548767
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Summary:A new collection of Serolidae (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from the deep sea of the West-Atlantic part of Antarctica has been studied. Descriptions of the new species Frontoserolis abyssalis n. sp. and Serolis arntzi n. sp. are presented. F. abyssalis n. sp. is very similar to F. acuminata (Sheppard, 1957) and F. aestimabilis (Brandt, 1988), but can easily be distinguished from these by its vestigial eyes and a different ornamentation of head and pleotelson. S. arntzi n. sp. is most similar to S. rugosa, but can be discriminated from this species by the sculpture of the head, the pereonites and the pleotelson.

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