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 Deep-sea taxonomy — 
a contribution to our knowledge of biodiversity

Zootaxa 2096: 1-488 (11 May 2009)
Edited by WIEBKE BRÖKELAND & KAI HORST GEORGE 
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Zootaxa 2096: 1-5 (11 May. 2009
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 Editorial 
Zootaxa 2096: 6-8 (11 May 2009) 0 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Editorial: Deep-sea taxonomy — a contribution to our knowledge of biodiversity

WIEBKE BRÖKELAND & KAI HORST GEORGE (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 9-22 (11 May 2009) 6 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
A new genus and two new species of saccamminid foraminiferans (Protista, Rhizaria) from the deep Southern
Ocean
TOMAS CEDHAGEN (Denmark) , ANDREW J. GOODAY (UK) & JAN PAWLOWSKI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 23-32 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Global genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea foraminiferan Epistominella exigua (Rotaliida: Pseudoparrellidae)
BEATRICE LECROQ (Switzerland), ANDREW JOHN GOODAY (UK), JAN PAWLOWSKI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 33-49 (11 May 2009) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Culexiregiloricus, a new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from the deep sea of the Guinea Basin (Southeast
Atlantic)
GUNNAR GAD (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 50-81 (11 May 2009) 11 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
A clearly identifiable postlarva in the life cycle of a new species of Pliciloricus (Loricifera) from the deep sea of the
Angola Basin
GUNNAR GAD (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 82-98 (11 May 2009) 9 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Two new species of Sabatieria Rouville (Nematoda: Comesomatidae) with conical-cylindrical tails, from Campos
Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ALESSANDRA PRATES BOTELHO, MARIA CRISTINA DA SILVA, LUCIANA DAVINA TOSTA SOBRAL & VERÔNICA GOMES FONSÊCA-GENEVOIS (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 99-108 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Description of a new species of Epacanthion (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) from Brazil and a modified key for
species identification
BETÂNIA CRISTINA GUILHERME, MARIA CRISTINA DA SILVA & ANDRÉ MORGADO ESTEVES (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 109-118 (11 May 2009) 4 plates; 28 references                        Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Spirodesma magdae nov. gen. nov. sp. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from the Brazilian deep sea (Campos Basin, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil)
MARIANA DA FONSECA CAVALCANTI, MARIA CRISTINA DA SILVA & VERÔNICA DA FONSÊCAGENEVOIS
(Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 119-136 (11 May 2009) 9 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Four new species of Syringolaimus De Man, 1888 (Nematoda: Ironidae) from the Southeast Atlantic (Brazil), with
redefinition of valid species and the proposal of a new key
RITA DE CÁSSIA COELHO LIMA, LIDIA LINS, MARIA CRISTINA DA SILVA & ANDRÉ MORGADO
ESTEVES (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 137-172 (11 May 2009) 21 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Deep-sea nematodes of the family Microlaimidae from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (North-Eastern Tropic
Pacific), with the descriptions of three new species
DIMITRY M. MILJUTIN & MARIA A. MILJUTINA (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 173-196 (11 May 2009) 13 plates; 21 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Description of Bathynema nodinauti gen. n., sp. n. and four new Trophomera species (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Eastern Tropic Pacific), supplemented with the keys to genera and
species
DIMITRY M. MILJUTIN & MARIA A. MILJUTINA (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 197-213 (11 May 2009) 5 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Free-living nematodes from the deep-sea Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, including the description of two new and
three known species
DARIA PORTNOVA (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 214-256 (11 May 2009) 30 plates; 41 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Description of four new species of Mesocletodes Sars, 1909 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Argestidae) and redescription of Mesocletodes robustus Por, 1965 from the South Atlantic, including remarks on the Mesocletodes abyssicola
-group
LENA MENZEL & KAI HORST GEORGE (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 257-286 (11 May 2009) 18 plates; 30 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Description of two new species of Dorsiceratus Drzycimski, 1967 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae) from
Sedlo and Seine Seamounts (Northeastern Atlantic) and remarks on the phylogenetic status of the genus
KAI HORST GEORGE & CHRISTOPH PLUM (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 287-298 (11 May 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
A new genus of Pseudomesochrinae Willen, 1996 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Pseudotachidiidae) from the Guinea
Basin
ELKE WILLEN & JANINE DITTMAR (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 299-312 (11 May 2009) 8 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Nyxis rostrocularis, a new genus and species of Paranannopinae Por, 1986 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the
Southern Atlantic deep sea
ELKE WILLEN (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 313-326 (11 May 2009) 9 plates; 21 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Kliopsyllus schminkei sp. n. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Paramesochridae) — a new copepod from the southeast
Atlantic deep sea (Angola Basin)
GRITTA VEIT-KÖHLER & JAN DREWES (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 327-337 (11 May 2009) 5 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
First record of the genus Kliopsyllus Kunz, 1962 (Copepoda Harpacticoida, Paramesochridae) from Northeastern Brazil with description of the deep-sea species Kliopsyllus minor
sp. nov.
DANIELLE MENOR VASCONCELOS (Brazil), GRITTA VEIT-KÖHLER (Germany), JAN DREWES (Germany), PAULO JORGE PARREIRA DOS SANTOS (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 338-355 (11 May 2009) 12 plates; 11 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Discovery of Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Tegastidae) in a deep-sea cold
seep, with the description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico
CHRISTOPH PLUM & PEDRO MARTINEZ ARBIZU (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 356-370 (11 May 2009) 6 plates; 40 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Macrostylis cerritus sp. nov., a new species of Macrostylidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Weddell Sea, Southern
Ocean
AIDAN VEY (The Netherlands) & SASKIA BRIX (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 371-380 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high
Arctic
STEFANIE KAISER (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 381-394 (11 May 2009) 5 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Thylakogaster namibiensis sp. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Janiroidea), a new species of Haplomunnidae from the
southeast Atlantic deep sea
NILS BRENKE & ANIKA BUSCHMANN (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 395-412 (11 May 2009) 10 plates; 26 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Holodentata gen. nov. (Isopoda: Asellota: Paramunnidae) with a description of two new species: H. caeca and H. triangulata
from the Southern Ocean
BRENDA LÍA DOTI (Argentina), MADHUMITA CHOUDHURY (Germany) & ANGELIKA BRANDT (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 413-432 (11 May 2009) 6 plates; 30 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Cumacea (Crustacea, Peracarida) in the deep Mediterranean, with the description of one new species
UTE MÜHLENHARDT-SIEGEL (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 433-441 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 26 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Hirondellea sindhusagar (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), a new deep-water scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Hirondellea

TAMMY HORTON & MICHAEL THURSTON (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 442-459 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 42 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus
(Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)
JAN STRUGNELL (UK), JANET R. VOIGHT (USA), PATRICK C. COLLINS (USA), & A. LOUISE ALLCOCK
(Ireland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 460-478 (11 May 2009) 9 plates; 39 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Psychropotid holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Elasipodida) collected at abyssal depths from around
the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean
ANTONINA ROGACHEVA (Russia), IAN A. CROSS (UK) & DAVID S. M. BILLETT (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 479-483 (11 May 2009) 2 plates; 8 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Gebrukothuria profundus, a new genus and species of laetmogonid holothurian (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from
around the Crozet Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocea
ANTONINA ROGACHEVA (Russia), IAN A. CROSS (UK) & DAVID S. M. BILLETT (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 484-488 (11 May 2009) 2 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Peniagone crozeti a new species of elasipodid holothurian from abyssal depths off the Crozet Islands in the Southern
Indian Ocean
IAN A. CROSS (UK), ANDREY GEBRUK (Russia), ANTONINA ROGACHEVA (Russia) AND DAVID S.M.
BILLETT (UK)

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