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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 4: 10 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.4
Page range: 531–540
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Litarcturus kexueiae sp. nov., a new deep-sea isopod from the Okinawa Trough (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera, Antarcturidae)

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Crustacea taxonomy Litarcturus new species deep-sea Okinawa Trough

Abstract

A new species of the genus Litarcturus Brandt, 1990, L. kexueiae sp. nov., collected from deep sea of the Okinawa Trough, is described and illustrated. It is readily distinguished from the other seven species of the genus by bearing long supraocular spines about as long as the head and posterolateral pleotelsonic spines overreaching the pleotelson apex.