Published June 5, 2026 | Version v1

Leptostylis danieli Muhlenhardt-Siegel 2019

  • 1. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental (DBBE), Buenos Aires, Argentina & Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 3. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany & Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Biodiversity Knowledge Science, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany

Description

Leptostylis danieli Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2019

Holotype.

North Atlantic Ocean • ♂; Western Fracture Zone, Vema-TRANSIT exped., FS Sonne stat. SO 237-09-8; 11°39.33'N, 47°54.15'W [11.6555, - 47.90233; 11.656, - 47.899 67]; 5004 [4999.2–5001.9] m depth; 12 January 2015; Nils Brenke leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH -K-046123.

Paratypes.

* • prep. ♀; Western Fracture Zone, Vema-TRANSIT exped., FS Sonne stat. SO 237-09-2; 11°40.70'N, 47°58.19'W [11.6785, - 47.97; 11.67883, -47.9675]; 4995 [4996.9–4986.1] m depth; 11 January 2015; Colin Devey leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH -K-046124. * • subA. ♂ + juv. ♂ + ovig. ♀; same data as holotype; ZMH -K-046125. * • prep. ♀; same data as holotype; ZMH -K-046126. * • subA. ♂; same data as holotype; specimen dissected mounted on permanent slide; ZMH -K-046127. * • 1 m. + subA. ♂; Western Fracture Zone, Vema-TRANSIT exped., FS Sonne stat. SO 237-11-1; 12°05.83'N, 50°28.13'W [12.09717, - 50.46883; 12.0975, - 50.46617]; 5089 [5091.8–5085.5] m depth; 14 January 2015; Colin Devey & Angelika Brandt leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH -K-046128.

Diagnosis.

Carapace 4 times longer than free thoracic segments; row of 4 stronger (anterior) and 4 tiny (posterior) teeth laterally located at level of pseudorostral lobes. Uropod peduncle shorter than pleonite 6 and telson together (Mühlenhardt-Siegel 2019).

Distribution.

Northwest Atlantic, Vema Transect, 4995–5089 m depth.

Notes

Published as part of Mercado-Salas, Nancy F., Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute, Pereira, Emanuel & Garilao, Cristina, 2026, An annotated type catalogue and a fully digitised Crustacea collection of the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology. Part I: Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida, Cumacea, pp. 137-193 in Evolutionary Systematics 10 (1) on pages 137-193, DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.187593

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References

  • Mühlenhardt-Siegel U (2019) The Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from a North Atlantic Transect with RV " Sonne " with the description of ten new species. Zootaxa 4572: 1–75. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4572.1.1