| Summary: | Breviconia andrei sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AC9FBB8B-43E3-4D51-AB2E-BBDF2539D413 Figs 2–9 Etymology This species is named in honour of Professor Andrey Azovsky of Lomonosov Moscow State University, a Russian theoretical ecologist, our colleague, friend, and the husband of the first author. Type material Holotype RUSSIAN FEDERATION • ♀, dissected on 4 slides; the Bering Sea, Khatyr Depression; 61°10'50.5" N, 174°51'3.2" E; depth 402 m; deep mud; 29 Jun 2018; V. Mordukhovich leg.; IORAS-Har229–232. Allotype RUSSIAN FEDERATION • ♂, dissected on 4 slides; same collection data as for holotype; IORAS- Har233–236. Paratypes RUSSIAN FEDERATION • 1 ♀, dissected on 4 slides; same collection data as for holotype; MIMB 42333–42336 • 1 ♂, dissected on 4 slides; same collection data as for holotype; MIMB 42337–42340 • 2 ♀♀, whole body specimens on 1 slide; same collection data as for holotype; IORAS-Har237 • 2 ♂♂, whole body specimens on 1 slide; same collection data as for holotype; IORAS-Har238. Other material RUSSIAN FEDERATION • 30 ♀♀ and 90 ♂♂, alcohol preserved; same collection data as for holotype; IORAS INV0000794 • 14 ♀♀ and 35 ♂♂, alcohol preserved; same collection data as for holotype; MIMB 42341. Description of the adult female BODY (Fig. 2A–B). The total body length was 832 μm (mean 828 μm, n = 10) for the type specimen illustrated in Fig. 2A, measured from anterior tip of rostrum to posterior margin of the CR. Body slightly dorsoventrally depressed, tapering posteriorly, without clear demarcation between the prosome and urosome. Integument moderately sclerotized. Rostrum (Fig. 3A) small and prominent, having tube pore, laterally with 2 sensilla, inserting from the cuticular projection. Cphth wider than long, laterally with 5 pairs of moderate cuticular processes, each bearing sensillum terminally. Posterior margin with 4 small knob-like sensilla-bearing cuticular processes. Cphth dorsally and dorsolaterally with 4 pairs of sensilla. All body somites except penultimate somite and telson somite with pair ...
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