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Labriphimedia pulchridentata Stebbing 1888

Description

Labriphimedia pulchridentata (Stebbing, 1888)

(Fig. 8)

Material examined. 1 ovig. female, 20.1 mm, AM P87292, Hjort Seamount, Macquarie Ridge, 56°14'46.7982"S, 158°30'20.4006"E, 676–750 m, TAN0803/98, 16 April 2008; 1 male, 20.8 mm, NIWA 40808, “seamount 8”, Macquarie Ridge, 56°14'46.7982"S, 158°30'20.4006"E, 605–709 m, TAN0803/93, 15 April 2008.

Remarks. Labriphimedia pulchridentata (Stebbing, 1888) was collected at “seamount 8” 605–709 m (NIWA 40808) and Hjort Seamount) 676–750 m (AM P87292) on the Macquarie Ridge. Figure 8 shows L. pulchridentata shortly after capture. The body is translucent white, light rose coloured; the large oval eye red orange. This species is unique in the iphimediids (Coleman 2007) in having this specific dorsal armature, bicuspidate coxae 5–7 and such impressive teeth on bases 5–7.

Notes

Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2012, First records of Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Macquarie Ridge, with description of a new species and its juveniles, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 3200 on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214078

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Iphimediidae
Genus
Labriphimedia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stebbing
Species
pulchridentata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Labriphimedia pulchridentata Stebbing, 1888 sec. Lörz, 2012

References

  • Stebbing, T. R. R. (1888) Report on the Amphipoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876, IV - XXIV, 1 - 872; Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76, Zoology, 29, 1 - 1737, pls 1 - 210. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London.
  • Coleman, C. O. (2007) Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean; Volume 2: Acanthonotozomellidae, Amathillopsidae, Dikwidae, Epimeriidae, Iphimediidae, Ochlesidae and Vicmusiidae. Bulletin de l'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie, 77, Supplement 2, 1 - 142.