A New Species of the Genus Cteniobathynella (Crustacea, Syncarida, Parabathynellidae) from South America

  • Choi Mi-Ae (Korea Water Resources Research Institute) ;
  • Cho Joo-Lae (Korea Water Resources Research Institute)
  • Published : 2005.12.01

Abstract

In this paper we represent a new species, Cteniobathynella ahnerti sp. nov., from South America. The new species is characterized by the heterodont teeth on free margin of labrum, the spine row of the mandible consisting of four thick spines, the presence of two setae on outer distal margin of distal segment of maxillule, the prehensile nature of maxilla and the oblique arrangement of two spines on sympod and the presence of a median spine on the endopod of the uropod.

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