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Issue: Vol. 2434 No. 1: 23 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2434.1.3
Page range: 33–46
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

First record and description of male of Metavargula adinothrix Kornicker, 1975 (Ostracoda: Myodocopina) from the Southern Ocean

A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok 690041, Russia Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok 690050, Russia Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Vladivostok 690087, Russia
Biozentrum Grindel and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
Crustacea benthic ostracods Myodocopina Cypridinidae taxonomy morphology Antarctic deep sea

Abstract

Previously unknown male and some juveniles of Metavargula adinothrix Kornicker, 1975 were identified in material which was collected by Germany R/V Polarstern from bathyal and abyssal depth of the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. Diagnosis, description and detailed illustrations of male of this species are presented. Morphological comparison is made between male and female of this species. The distribution of M. adinothrix in the Antarctic and Subantarctic waters is shown.

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