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Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009, gen. nov.

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Nymphodora gen. nov.

Type species: Mirabilicoxa fletcheri Paul & George, 1975

Species composition. Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) comb. nov. (monotypic).

Diagnosis. Body 4.3 times longer than pereonite 2 width, tergits laterally expanding in marginal flanges. 5-segmented antenna 1 with bulbous terminal article, article 4 with distolateral projection. Pereopod 1 shorter, but more robust than pereopods 2–7. Pereopods 5–7 without natatory setae. Pereonites 6, 7 and pleotelson fused dorsally, pereonites 6, 7 or operculum without ventral spine or projection. Posterior margin of operculum strongly rounded. Uropods biramous, endopodite long, projecting posterior margin of pleotelson; exopodite minute.

Notes

Published as part of Kaiser, Stefanie, 2009, Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic *, pp. 371-380 in Zootaxa 2096 (1) on page 372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.22, http://zenodo.org/record/5322094

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.22 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Nannoniscidae
Genus
Nymphodora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kaiser
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009

References

  • Paul, A. Z. & George, R. Y. (1975) High Arctic Benthic Isopods from Fletcher's Ice Island, T- 3, with a description of one new species, Mirabilicoxa fletcheri n. sp. Crustaceana, 29 (2), 166 - 168.