Abstract
Pleuroprion zur Strassen, 1903 is revised and restricted to its type species, Antares chuni zur Strassen, 1902, which is redescribed, using the type material from the German Deep-Sea Expedition in 1898-1899 and more recent material. Pleuroprion is transferred to Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989. Pleuroprion frigidum Hansen, 1916 is transferred to Astacilla Cordiner, 1793 (Arcturidae), while all other species previously placed in Pleuroprion, i.e. P. murdochi (Benedict, 1898), P. chlebovitschi Kussakin, 1972, P. fabulosum Gujanova, 1955, P. furcatum Kussakin, 1982, P. hystrix (Sars, 1877), P. intermedium (Richardson, 1899), P. iturupicum Kussakin & Mezhov, 1979 and P. toporoki Kussakin, 1972, are transferred to Spectrarcturus Schultz, 1981 (Arcturidae). The type species of Spectrarcturus, S. multispinatus Schultz, 1981, is a subjective junior synonym of Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898, now S. murdochi comb. nov. Spectrarcturus murdochi (Benedict, 1898) is redescribed on the basis of its type material and new material from South Greenland.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-52 |
| Number of pages | 52 |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 4894 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Dec 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information: We wish to thank the Museum f?r Naturkunde, Berlin, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, the Natural History Museum (University of Oslo), Oslo, and the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, for loan of material. We thank Charles Oliver Coleman for a permission to dissect the type material of P. chuni and for helpful discussion. GCBP thanks the Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the John R. Ellerman Trust for financial support and Liz Hounsen for access to specimens at the South African Museum. We wish to thank Marina Malyutina and Olga Golovan for their kind translation of several texts from Russian. Furthermore, we thank Rachael King for her valuable taxonomic recommendations. The first author wishes to thank the Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany, for enabling epibenthic sampling on RV Walther Herwig III during cruises WH233, WH244 and WH268 in the waters around Greenland and the scientists-in-charge Dr. Matthias Stehmann and Manfred Stein for their support and help. The study was partly supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, PKZ: D/05/43069). A grant from the University of Iceland Research Fund is acknowledged. Funding Information: We wish to thank the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, the Natural History Museum (University of Oslo), Oslo, and the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, for loan of material. We thank Charles Oliver Coleman for a permission to dissect the type material of P. chuni and for helpful discussion. GCBP thanks the Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the John R. Ellerman Trust for financial support and Liz Hounsen for access to specimens at the South African Museum. We wish to thank Marina Malyutina and Olga Golovan for their kind translation of several texts from Russian. Furthermore, we thank Rachael King for her valuable taxonomic recommendations. The first author wishes to thank the Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany, for enabling epibenthic sampling on RV Walther Herwig III during cruises WH233, WH244 and WH268 in the waters around Greenland and the scientists-in-charge Dr. Matthias Stehmann and Manfred Stein for their support and help. The study was partly supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, PKZ: D/05/43069). A grant from the University of Iceland Research Fund is acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Magnolia Press.Other keywords
- Arcturidae
- Astacilla
- Distribution
- Greenland
- Holidoteidae
- Isopoda
- Pleuroprion chuni
- South Africa
- Spectrarcturus murdochi
- Valvifera
