BIOLOGIYA MORYA, 2004, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 156-161 |
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Sursumura affinis sp. n. - a new deep-water species of Munnopsididae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Australia-New Zealand region Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041 E-mail: Sursumura affinis, a new deep-water species of Munnopsididae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the South Australian and South Fiji trenches, is described. The new species is characterized by the following features: the dorsum of the body is not granulated, with short setae; the pleonite lacks a dorsal spine; the pleotelson bears 5 dorsal spines; the preanal projection of the pleotelson is well-developed; the exopod of pleopod 4 is elongate and short. Morphologically, the new species is most similar to S. abyssalis (Wolff, 1962) from the Tasman Sea. This is the second species of the genus described from the Australia-New Zealand region. Key words: Asellota, Munnopsididae, new species, Australia-New Zealand region. |
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