Journal article
Four new species of Valvifera (Crustacea: Isopoda) from ANDEEP cruises in the Weddell Sea
GCB Poore, JR Black
Zootaxa | MAGNOLIA PRESS | Published : 2024
Abstract
Four new species of Isopoda Valvifera are described from ANDEEP cruises in the Weddell Sea. They belong to three families: Fissarcturus brandtae sp. nov. and Fissarcturus polarsternae sp. nov. (Antarcturidae); Dolichiscus clarencensis sp. nov. (Austrarcturellidae); and Rectarcturus antarcticus sp. nov. (rectarcturidae). Each new species is compared with others from the Southern ocean. The species are illustrated using line drawings, microphotographs and micro-CT scans.
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Prof. Angelika Brandt for arranging and funding GP's participation in the 2002 ANDEEP II cruise to the Weddell Sea on RV Polarstern . We appreciate the funding from the Census of Marine Life program Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar) that enabled GP to start this project at the March 2007 Isopoda workshop in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, organised by Saskia Brix, Wiebke Broekeland and Stefanie Kaiser. This study was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant and we thank A/Prof. Jane Melville for funding support (DP210101883; to J.M. and J.R.B.) . We thank the Melbourne Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES) Platform for access to the micro-CT scanner and assistance from Rishab Pillai during scanning. We also appreciate the valuable comments from reviewers, Rachael King, Brenda Doti and one other. This is ANDEEP publication #221.