Archaeoscina danae Zeidler, 2006, sp. nov.
Archaeoscina danae sp. nov. (Figs 4 & 5) Material examined (6 females, 2 males) Holotype. Female, 7.7 mm long ventrally, with pereon inflated to 7.0 mm long by 5.8 mm deep (ZMUC CRU 4359); northeast Pacific, Gulf of Panama [6 ° 48 N, 80 ° 33 W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 1208 XIV), 3100 mw, 16 Ja...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
| Language: | unknown |
| Published: |
2006
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/6262444 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262444 |
| Summary: | Archaeoscina danae sp. nov. (Figs 4 & 5) Material examined (6 females, 2 males) Holotype. Female, 7.7 mm long ventrally, with pereon inflated to 7.0 mm long by 5.8 mm deep (ZMUC CRU 4359); northeast Pacific, Gulf of Panama [6 ° 48 N, 80 ° 33 W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 1208 XIV), 3100 mw, 16 Jan. 1922. Allotype. Male, 4.2 mm (ZMUC CRU 4360); Banda Sea, south of Amboina [5 ° 52 S, 131 ° 14 E]; collected by Dana (Stn. 3676 VII), 5000 mw, 23 March 1929. Paratypes. 1. Juvenile female, about 3.0 mm (ZMUC CRU 4361); South Atlantic near Gulf of Guinea [7 ° 34 S, 8 ° 48 W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 3998 IX), 3000 mw, 1 March 1930. 2. Female, about 7.0 mm long ventrally with pereon inflated to 5.9 mm long by 5.1 mm deep, and 3, two juvenile females, both about 3.7 mm (ZMUC CRU 4362); eastern north Atlantic, off Sierra Leone [8 ° 26 ’N, 15 ° 11 ’W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 4003 IV), 3000 mw, 9 March 1930. 4. Juvenile female, 4.7 mm (USNM 1068939); South Atlantic, south of Cape Verde Islands [8 °05’– 8 °04’S, 25 ° 24 ’– 25 ° 40 ’W]; collected by USNS Gilliss (USN00 Stn. 6–17), IKMWT 720 m, 10 Feb. 1969. Other material. Male, about 2.0 mm (USNM 1068940); North Atlantic, off Portugal; collected by Discovery II, 1959? (According to available USNM records) Diagnosis Largest female recorded with body length of about 8.0 mm; males exceed 4.0 mm. Pleon length in males about 0.8 x pereon. Antennae 1 as long as head and first three pereonites in males; callynophore length about 2.0x peduncle in females, 4.0x peduncle in males; terminal article similar in length to preceding one, conical in female, rounded in male. Antennae 2 of females about 0.7 x length A 1; the two terminal articles at least twice as long as wide; A 2 incomplete for known male specimens. Mandibular palp; length third article about twice first two articles combined. Pereopods 3 & 4 similar in length; the longest pereopods in females, about 1.2 x P 5; slightly shorter than P 5 in males. Pereopod 5 the longest pereopod in males. Pereopod 6; length ... |
|---|