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Issue: Vol. 5477 No. 3: 9 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.2
Page range: 295-314
Abstract views: 59
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Four new species of Valvifera (Crustacea: Isopoda) from ANDEEP cruises in the Weddell Sea

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Museums Victoria; GPO Box 666; Melbourne; Vic. 3001; Australia; Department of Geography; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; The University of Melbourne; Vic. 3010; Australia; Melbourne Trace Analysis for Chemical; Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES) Platform; University of Melbourne; Vic. 3010; Australia
Crustacea Taxonomy new species Antarctica micro-CT scanning

Abstract

Four new species of Isopoda Valvifera are described from ANDEEP cruises in the Weddell Sea. They belong to three families: Fissarcturus brandtae sp. nov. and Fissarcturus polarsternae sp. nov. (Antarcturidae); Dolichiscus clarencensis sp. nov. (Austrarcturellidae); and Rectarcturus antarcticus sp. nov. (Rectarcturidae). Each new species is compared with others from the Southern Ocean. The species are illustrated using line drawings, microphotographs and micro-CT scans.

 

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