New species of benthopelagic copepod Xantharus (Calanoida: Scolecitrichidae) from the upper slope,eastern central New Zealand |
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Authors: | Janet M Bradford‐Grieve |
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Institution: | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited , Private Bag 14901, Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: j.grieve@niwa.co.nz |
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Abstract: | Xantharus Andronov, 1981 is reported, for the first time from New Zealand, from the upper slope (306 m) off the southeastern coast of North Island (41°04.10′S, 176°22.05′E). Xantharus cryeri n. sp. females differ from the three known species by a combination of characters: antennules that extend to the distal border of pedigerous somite 2; ancestral segment XVIII of the antennule with 1 seta; mandible basis with 3 setae; maxilla endite 1 with 5 setae; leg 1 basis with inner distal border lined with small spinules; and leg 5 is squat, with all segments as long as wide and the 2 terminal spine‐like extensions of the terminal segment approximately as long as the articulated, inner, subterminal spine. |
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Keywords: | Copepoda Calanoida benthopelagic Scolecitrichidae new species Xantharus cryeri n sp New Zealand |
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