Paraleptognathia antarctica Guerrero-Kommritz 2004, new combination

• Main Author: Guerrero-Kommritz, Jürgen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Tanaidacea; Akanthophoreidae; Paraleptognathia; Paraleptognathia antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Polarfuchs
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5247903; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8794FFB0B30EE9270A38FBD8FAB9

Paraleptognathia antarctica (Vanhöffen, 1914) new combination (Figs 3, 4) Synonymy: Paraleptognathia antarctica Sieg, 1986 Akanthophoreus antarcticus Sieg, 1986 Leptognathia antarctica Vanhöffen, 1914 Leptognathia diversa Sieg, 1983 Material examined: 18 individuals. ZMH K­40562 RV ”Meteor” St. 50, one neuter, ZMH K­40563 RV ”Meteor” St. 87, one juvenile male, ZMH K­40564 RV ”Meteor” St. 96, one juvenile male, ZMH K­40565 RV ”Polarstern, Polarfuchs” St. 15, one female, ZMH K­ 40566 RV ”Walther Herwig” St. 89, one female, ZMH K­40567 RV ”Walther Herwig” St. 96, one female, one juvenile male, ZMH K­40568 RV ”Walther Herwig” St. 120, one neuter, ZMH K­40569 RV ”Walther Herwig” St. 161, one female, ZMH K­40570, RV ”Polarstern” St. 21, two females (one dissected), ZMH K­40571 RV ”Polarstern” St. 140, two juvenile males, one neuter, ZMH K­40572 RV ”Polarstern” St. 145, two females, ZMH K­40573 RV ”Polarstern” St. 147, two females. Diagnosis: Cheliped carpal shield well developed, dactylus with crenulation. Description: non­ovigerous female. Body (Fig. 3a, b): long, about 6.5 times as long as wide. Body length 1.22 to 3.0 mm. Cephalothorax (Fig. 3a, b): about 1.3 times longer than wide, as long as pleon, tapering to antennule insertion. Pereon (Fig. 3a, b): pereonite 1 as long as pereonite 6, pereonite 5 longer than 6, pereonite 2 longer than 5 and subequal to 3 and 4. Pleon (Fig. 3a, b): pleonite 1 longest, pleonites 2 to 5 subequal. Antennule (Fig. 3c): article 1 longest, with five short and one long simple lateral setae, article 2 as long as article 4, with one distal long simple seta; article 3 shortest with two short simple setae; article 4 with five terminal simple setae. Antenna (Fig. 3e): article 1 short, semifused to cephalothorax, naked; article 2 as long as wide, with one short spiniform seta dorsally; article 3 with one dorsal simple seta; article 4 longest with two long simple terminal setae and three distal short setae; article 5 with one terminal simple seta; article 6 with three simple terminal setae. ...