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Leucon (Macrauloleucon) weddelli Ledoyer 1993

Description

L. (M.) weddelli Ledoyer, 1993

Previous records. described and rediscovered for the Weddell Sea (399–577 m).

Diagnosis. Long pseudorostrum, very long siphonal tube, two long teeth along anterior margin of carapace, teeth also laterally on carapace and laterally on pereionites.

New records. W Weddell Sea: ANDEEP III #151: 1 specimen; ZMH: K 42940.

Remarks. The single specimen in the samples fits quite well the description given by Ledoyer (1993) with lateral teeth at the carapace; however, there is only a single dorsomedian tooth discernable.

Notes

Published as part of Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute, 2011, New and known species of the family Leuconidae (Cumacea, Peracarida) from Antarctic deep-sea basins 3117, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3117 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3117.1.1

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Leucon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Ledoyer
Species
weddelli
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Leucon (Macrauloleucon) weddelli Ledoyer, 1993 sec. Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011

References

  • Ledoyer, M. (1993) Cumacea (Crustacea) de la campagne EPOS 3 du RV Polarstern en mer de Weddell, Antarctique. Journal of Natural History, 27, 1041 - 1096.