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Three new species of Kruppomenia (Solenogastres: Simrothiellidae) from the abyssal Angola Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2011

E. Gil-Mansilla
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Falcultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
O. García-Álvarez*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Falcultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
V. Urgorri
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Falcultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain Estación de Bioloxía Mariña da Graña, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Graña, E-15590 Ferrol, Spain
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Correspondence should be addressed to: O. García-Álvarez, Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Falcultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain email: ogarcia-alvarez@edu.xunta.es

Abstract

During the expedition ‘Me48/1 DIVA 1’, carried out in the abyssal Angola Basin between 5125 and 5415 m depth, several specimens of Solenogastres were collected. Their study has made it possible to describe three new species of the genus Kruppomenia (K. angolensis sp. nov., K. glandulata sp. nov. and K. macrodenticulata sp. nov.) with very significant differences in their radular apparatus, reproductive system and pallial cavity. The absence of radular sacs in K. glandulata sp. nov. modifies the genus definition.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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