New records of Liljeborgia from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic seas, with the description of two new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Liljeborgiidae)

Two new Liljeborgia species are described: L. anepsia n. sp. From the Falkland Islands and L. bathysciarum n. sp. from the continental slope near Elephant Island. L. chevreuxi Schellenberg, 1931, L. nesiotica d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2008 and L. polydeuces d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2008, previously only recorded fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: d'Udekem d'Acoz, C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Continental shelves
Deep water
Taxonomy
Amphipoda [amphipods]
Crustacea [crustaceans]
Liljeborgia
Antarctica
Antarctic
Elephant Island
Hurley
Ile Kerguelen
Kerguelen
New Zealand
Antarc*
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/217416.pdf
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Summary:Two new Liljeborgia species are described: L. anepsia n. sp. From the Falkland Islands and L. bathysciarum n. sp. from the continental slope near Elephant Island. L. chevreuxi Schellenberg, 1931, L. nesiotica d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2008 and L. polydeuces d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2008, previously only recorded from the West Antarctic area, are shown to be circum-Antarctic species. L. cryptothrix d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2008 and L. kerguelensis Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1974, which were only known from Ile Kerguelen, are now recorded from Macquarie Island. The New Zealand species L. barhami Hurley, 1954 is recorded for the first time from Stewart Island (most southernly record) and the species is fully re-described. The variations of L. longicornis (Schellenberg, 1931) are discussed.

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