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Issue: Vol. 3308 No. 1: 10 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3308.1.3
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 55
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A new species of Mimonecteola (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Mimonecteolidae) from the Southern Ocean

South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5000
Crustacea Amphipoda Hyperiidea Mimonecteolidae Mimonecteola antarctica new species Southern Ocean

Abstract

A new species of Mimonecteola, M. antarctica sp. nov., is described from two specimens collected by the R/V Eltaninfrom the Amundsen Sea (Pacific Sector) and north-west of Elephant Island (Atlantic Sector). It is most similar to M. carls-bergi Zeidler, 2009 but is readily distinguished by the relatively shorter, and more feeble, fifth pereopoda and the relatively longer second antennae. The genus now consists of seven species and a new key to distinguish them is provided.

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