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A new species of Ammothea and other pycnogonids from around Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2004

Tomás Munilla León
Tomás Munilla León
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Zoologia, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Munilla@blues.uab.es
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Abstract

Specimens of 22 species of pycnogonids belonging to twelve genera and seven families were collected during a cruise near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Twenty two of the 94 stations yielded pycnogonids: the new species Ammothea hesperidensis is described fully, illustrated, and compared with similar species. The family Nymphonidae provided both the greatest diversity of species (seven) and number of specimens (35). The most abundant species were Achelia hoekii and Nymphon australe.

Keywords

AmmotheaAntarcticLivingston IslandpycnogonidsScotia SeaSouth Shetland Islands
Type
Papers—Life Sciences and Oceanography
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 47 - 51
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 2000

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