Paralanceola wolffi Zeidler, 2006, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Zeidler, Wolfgang
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Lanceolidae; Paralanceola; Paralanceola wolffi; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262452; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA7C0AFFB2FF8B4B43FD50FC04D478

Paralanceola wolffi sp. nov. (Figs 8 & 9) Material examined (4 males) Holotype . Male, 5.6 mm (ZMUC CRU­ 4363); western South Pacific, near the Kermadec Islands [30°08S, 176°50W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 3627 III), 3000 mw, 14 Dec. 1928. Paratypes. 1. Male, 6.0 mm (ZMUC CRU­ 4364); eastern South Atlantic, near Gulf of Guinea [0°31S, 11°02W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 4000 IX); 3000 mw, 4 March 1930. 2. Two males, 4.0, 4.6 mm (ZMUC CRU­ 4365); North Atlantic, Bay of Biscay [46°28N, 8°01W]; collected by Dana (Stn. 4158 XV); 3000 mw, 18 June 1930. Diagnosis Males reach lengths of at least 6.0 mm. Head with small rostrum and anterolateral lobe overlapping most of first flagellar article of A1. Eyes absent or very small, composed of up to seven ocelli. Antennae 1 as long as head and first 1.5 pereonites; callynophore conical, as long as peduncle; with two small terminal articles, the terminal one twice as long as the previous one, tipped with one long seta. Antennae 2; length about 0.7x A1; 6­articulate; fourth article twice length third; two small terminal articles with three long setae terminally. Mandibular palp; length third article 1.2–1.3x articles 1 & 2 combined. Maxillae 1; palp with several short fine setae, one robust seta and 4–5 tubercles terminally; outer lobe with five robust setae, one slightly more slender than others. Maxillae 2; inner lobe with three, and outer lobe with four, relatively long, robust, dentate setae. Maxilliped; outer lobes with dentate inner margin; inner lobes, length about one­third outer lobes. Pereopods 3 & 4 slightly shorter than P5 (=0.8x). Pereopod 6 similar in length to P3. Pereopod 7 the longest pereopod; length about 1.2x P6 and slightly longer than P5. Pereopods 5–7 with retractile and hooded dactyls. Uropod 1; peduncle reaching just beyond limit of peduncle of U2. Telson length about 0.7x peduncle of U3. Description of holotype Male 5.6 mm. Cuticle with faint hexagonal markings. Pereon slightly inflated mainly because of enlarged pereonites 2–4. Pleon length ...