Holodentata gen. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Paramunnidae) with a description of two new species: H. caeca and H. triangulata from the Southern Ocean

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Holodentata; Isopoda; New genus; New species; Powell Basin; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Taxonomy; Asellota; Paramunna gaussi; Paramunnidae; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_11755326_v_n2096_p395_Doti; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_11755326_v_n2096_p395_Doti

A new genus of Paramunnidae, Holodentata (type species: Paramunna gaussi Vanhöffen, 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. Copyright © 2009 · Magnolia Press.