Meridiosignum convexum Just & Wilson 2021, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Just, Jean, Wilson, George D. F.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Paramunnidae; Meridiosignum; Meridiosignum convexum; Antarc*; Antarctica; Bell Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4697832; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487E3783D643FFF09EA67EECEFD8F

Meridiosignum convexum sp. nov. (Figs 12–13) Type fixation . Holotype , ♀, NIWA 143904.—Here designated. Type locality . Campbell Island, New Zealand. Etymology . The species is named for the convex lateral margins of pereionites. Material examined. Holotype . ♀, 1.7 mm, east of Vire Point, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, New Zealand, 52°33’S, 169°10’E, red algae, sediment and detritus trapped in slimy mucous, J.K. Lowry, stn CA 95, 3 Jan 1980, NIWA 143904. Paratypes . Campbell Island, New Zealand : Same data as holotype, NIWA 143905 (1 ♂, 4 ♀). Perseverance Harbour, east side of Vire Point, 52°33’S, 169°10’E, 3 Jan 1980, AM P76910 (2 spms). Cliffs west of Davis Point, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, 52°34’S, 169°13’E, from mixed red algae from among boulders, J.K. Low- ry, 7 Feb 1980, CA–277, AM P76911 (1 young ♂, 1 ♀). Depot Point, Tucker Cove, Perseverance Harbour, Camp- bell Island, 52°33’S, 169°7’E, from Codium , Xiphophora red, green and brown algae, P.C. Terrill, 31 Dec 1979, stn CA–50, AM P60457 (2 young ♂, 3 ♀). Caves east of Divers Point, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, 52°34’S, 169°11’E, from Macrocystis pyrifera holdfasts, red and coralline algae, P.C. Terrill, 3 Jan 1980, stn CA– 86, AM P76912 (1 juv. ♂). East of Vire Point, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, 52°33’S, 169°10’E, from sediment, mussels and broken shell, P.C. Terrill, 12 Feb 1980, stn CA–335, AM P76908 (1 ♂). Depot Point, Tucker Cove, Perserverance Harbour, Campbell Island, New Zealand, 52°33’S, 169°7’E, among Codium , Xiphophora , red, green, and brown algae, low tide mark, P.C. Terrill, 31 Dec 1979, stn CA–51, AM P68207 (6 adult ♀, 3 juv.). Depot Point, Tucker Cove, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, 52°33’S, 169°7’E, from Codium , Xiphophora , red, green, and brown algae, low tide mark, P.C. Terrill, 31 Dec 1979, stn CA–54, AM P68208 (4 adult ♀, 2 young ♀, 2 ♂). Cliffs west of East Cape, Smoothwater Bay, Campbell Island, 52°33’S, 169°13’E, 12–18 m, from holdfast of Durvillea antarctica , sediment and ...