Holodentata gen. nov (Isopoda: Asellota: Paramunnidae) with a description of two new species: H. caeca and H. triangulata from the Southern Ocean
A new genus of Paramunnidae, Holodentata (type species: Paramunna gaussi Vanhoffen, 1914) is erected. The new genus comprises two new species: H. caeca, from the deep Weddell Sea and H. triangulata, from the Ross Sea. The new genus is distinguished by the following characters: article 3 of the anten...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0017-CD41-0 |
Summary: | A new genus of Paramunnidae, Holodentata (type species: Paramunna gaussi Vanhoffen, 1914) is erected. The new genus comprises two new species: H. caeca, from the deep Weddell Sea and H. triangulata, from the Ross Sea. The new genus is distinguished by the following characters: article 3 of the antenna short and with strong denticles, mandible palp absent, article 2 of maxilliped palp longest, coxal plates visible in dorsal view in all pereonites, pleotelson broad and laterally denticulated. |
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