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Rhachotropis antarctica K.H. Barnard 1932

Description

Rhachotropis antarctica K.H. Barnard, 1932

Material examined. NIWA 20282, TAN0402/94, 2 specimens, 71°31.47’S, 170°6.39’E, 191–220 m; beam trawl, 17 February 2004; NIWA 42775, TAN0802/31, 1 specimen, 74°35.25’S, 170°16.32’E, 283 m, beam trawl, 11 February 2008; NIWA 18654,EAD2, 1 specimen, 77°39.24’S, 166°15.59’E, 181 m, Blake trawl, 19 February 1960; NIWA 18647, A450, 1 specimen, 76°41.59’S, 179°43.59’E, 370–464 m, Agassiz trawl, 11 January 1959.

Remarks. Bransfield Strait, Falkland Islands, Palmer Archipelago, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Weddell Sea at 90–500 m (De Broyer et al. 2007) and now from the Ross Sea at 181– 496 m.

Other

Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2010, Deep-sea Rhachotropis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) from New Zealand and the Ross Sea with key to the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Antarctic species, pp. 22-48 in Zootaxa 2482 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195450

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eusiridae
Genus
Rhachotropis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
K.H. Barnard
Species
antarctica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhachotropis antarctica Barnard, 1932 sec. Lörz, 2010

References

  • De Broyer, C., Lowry, J. K. & Robert, H. (2007) Volume 1: Part 1. Catalogue of the gammaridean and corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean with distribution and ecological data. Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Brussels: Bulletin de l´Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.