Meridiosignum minidenticulatum Just & Wilson, 2007, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Just, Jean, Wilson, George D. F.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Paramunnidae; Meridiosignum; Meridiosignum minidenticulatum; Lowry; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5684104; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684104

Meridiosignum minidenticulatum sp. nov. Figs 7–8 Type fixation. Holotype, Ψ, AM P 60890. Here designated. Type locality. Macquarie Island, Australia. Etymology. The species is named for the numerous small denticles on the lateral margins of the pleotelson. Material examined. Holotype. preparatory Ψ, 1.40 mm, Aerial Cove, Macquarie Island, 54 ° 29 ' S, 158 ° 57 ' E, 2 February 1978, fine sediments in cracks and crevices and under rock overhangs, 3-4.5 m, coarse sediments from small sediment patches on level bottom, stn MA- 382, AM P 60890. Paratypes. 12 ɗ, 21 Ψ, same data as holotype, AM P 75374. O ther material (this material is in poor condition having dried out or been roughed up during sampling, and is therefore not suitable as paratypes). 1 terminal ɗ, Australia, Macquarie Island (54 ° 30 ' S, 158 ° 57 ' E), 26 Jan 1978, stn MA- 357, AM P 60888. 2 ɗ, 6 Ψ, Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, off large rock on south west side of Cove, 54 ° 46 ’S 158 ° 48 ’E, 8 m, Plocamium, Codium, Ophiocantha and a scallop collected by R.W. Ricker, all from boulders in dense Macrocystis pyrifera bed, J.K. Lowry (SCUBA), 15 January 1978, stn MA- 300, NMV J 52111. 3 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, three rocks at mouth of cove, 54 ° 46 ’S 158 ° 48 ’E, red algae from dense Macrocystis bed, 13-18 m, J.K. Lowry (SCUBA), 16 January 1978, stn MA- 307, NMV J 52112. 78 specimens, Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, inner cove north of hut, 54 ° 46 ’S 158 ° 48 ’E, Codium flat adjacent to Macrocystis bed, 13 m, J.K. Lowry (SCUBA), 17 January 1978, stn MA- 311, NMV J 52114. 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Aerial Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, 54 ° 29 ’S 158 ° 57 ’E, 5 m, mainly bryozoans from sheltered base of vertical face near Cove entrance; dominant alga, Codium, J.K. Lowry (SCUBA), 12 December 1977, stn MA- 107, NMV J 52118. 2 Ψ, 1 juvenile ɗ, Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island, Australia, off large rock on south west side of Cove, 54 ° 46 ’S 158 ° 48 ’E, 8 m, Macrocystis pyrifera holdfasts, dictyotalean, Plocamium and ...