Macrostylis daniae, Bober & Riehl & Henne & Brandt, 2018

Bober, Simon, Riehl, Torben, Henne, Stephan & Brandt, Angelika, 2018, New Macrostylidae (Isopoda) from the Northwest Pacific Basin described by means of integrative taxonomy with reference to geographical barriers in the abyss, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182, pp. 549-603 : 556

MACROSTYLIS DANIAE SP. NOV.

( FIGS 2–12)

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Diagnosis

Ventral projections on pereonites 1 and 7 present, blunt and keeled in pereonite 1, spine-shaped in pereonite 7. Pereonite 7 with posterolateral tergite protrusions, similar to pereonites 5 and 6. Pleotelson narrower than pereonite 7; waist present; ventrolateral setal ridges present and not visible in dorsal view; posterior apex in male slightly concave. Pereopod III ischium dorsal lobe triangular, with one outstanding apical seta, seta spine-like, straight, bifid. Operculum elongate and ventrally roundedly keeled. Pereopod VII dorsal (posterior) margin row of elongate setae absent. Pleopod III exopod biarticulate. Uropod protopod and endopod of female of similar lengths.

Etymology

Macrostylis daniae sp. nov. is named after the first author’s wife Daniela Bober.

Type fixation

Holotype: adult female, 2.7 mm ( ZMH K-45919), designated here.

Type material examined

Table 3, Supporting Information S1.

Type locality

North-west Pacific, abyssal plain south-east from KKT; RV Sonne stations SO223–2–9, 02–03. August 2012, 46.2268° N, 155.5567° E, 4830–4864 m depth