Redescription of Echinomunna horrida Vanhöffen, 1914, a highly derived and rare species from the Antarctic (Crustacea, Isopoda, Munnidae)

During an expedition with RV Polarstern (1998) a male specimen of Echinomunna horrida was collected in the supranet of an epibenthic sledge in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Due to an incomplete and poor description by Vanhöffen (1914) a redescription is necessary on the basis of the male from the Wed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brandt, Angelika
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Crustacea
Isopoda
Munnidae
taxonomy
Weddell Sea
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505320
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548977
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Summary:During an expedition with RV Polarstern (1998) a male specimen of Echinomunna horrida was collected in the supranet of an epibenthic sledge in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Due to an incomplete and poor description by Vanhöffen (1914) a redescription is necessary on the basis of the male from the Weddell Sea and the female syntypes from the East Antarctic.

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