A new species of Austrodecus Hodgson, 1907 (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Austrodecidae) from the Southwest Indian Ridge

By

Wang, Jianjia
Huang, Dingyong
Lin, Rongcheng
Zheng, Xinqing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

349

Pages

73-79

Subjects

Austrodecus , Pycnogonida , Southwest Indian Ridge

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.349.6170

 

Abstract

A new species of pycnogonid collected by the Chinese research vessel R/V Dayangyihao during cruises to the Southwest Indian Ridge in 2008 and 2009 is recorded. The new species, Austrodecus bamberi, is placed into the tristanense-section by the characters of 4-articled ovigers and present auxiliary claws and is distinguished from other species in this section by the number and length of tubercles on the first coxae.