A new species of Laemonema from off Chile, with a redescription of L. globiceps Gilchrist (Pisces: Moridae)
Markle, D.F.; Meléndez, R. (1988). A new species of Laemonema from off Chile, with a redescription of L. globiceps Gilchrist (Pisces: Moridae). Copeia 1988(4): 871-876
In: Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: New York, N.Y., etc.. ISSN 0045-8511; e-ISSN 1938-5110, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Laemonema kongi Markle & Meléndez C., 1988 [WoRMS]
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- Markle, D.F.
- Meléndez, R.
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| Abstract |
The identity of two species of Laemonema from the upper slope off Chile is resolved. Laemonema multiradiatum Thompson is a junior synonym of L. globiceps Gilchrist. The second species, previously confused with L. multiradiatum, is described here as new. The new species appears to be widely distributed in the southern ocean and is very similar to a rare North Atlantic species, L. latifrons, and, less so, to an eastern tropical Pacific species, L. gracillipes. Another apparently related taxon, represented by a single damaged specimen from New Zealand, is currently indistinguishable from L. latifrons. |
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