Two new species of Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from a hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise
Wang, J.; Lin, R.; Bamber, R.N.; Huang, D. (2013). Two new species of Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from a hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Zootaxa 3669(2): 165-171. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.8 In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334, more |  |
| Keywords | Hydrothermal vents
Pycnogonida [WoRMS]; Sericosura dentatus Wang, Lin, Bamber & Huang, 2013 [WoRMS]; Sericosura dissita Child, 2000 [WoRMS]; Sericosura gemmaemonsis Wang, Lin, Bamber & Huang, 2013 [WoRMS]
INE, East Pacific Rise [Marine Regions]
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| Authors | | Top | - Wang, J.
- Lin, R.
- Bamber, R.N., more
- Huang, D.
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| Abstract | Between 17th October and 9th November 2009, the third leg of the Chinese DY115-21 cruise on board the R/V Dayangyihao, confirmed two new hydrothermal fields near the equatorial East Pacific Rise. Five pycnogonid specimens were obtained by deep-sea TV-grab from one of the new hydrothermal vents named 'Precious Stone Mountain' at 1.22°N 101.49°W. These specimens belonged to two new species of the obligately-vent-associated pycnogonid genus Sericosura. Three female specimens represent the new species Sericosura gemmaemonsis with large body size. One male and one female were of the second new species, Sericosura dentatus; the male specimen has a mid-dorsal femoral cement-glandtube, like that of Sericosura dissita, while the female specimen has more finely-denticulate spines on the oviger strigilis than any other species of the genus. |
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