• DOI:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2035.1.2
Corpus ID: 14384861

The tantulocarid genus Arcticotantalus removed from Basipodellidae into Deoterthridae (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) after the description of a new species from Greenland, with first live photographs and an overview of the class

@article{Knudsen2009TheTG,
  title={The tantulocarid genus Arcticotantalus removed from Basipodellidae into Deoterthridae (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) after the description of a new species from Greenland, with first live photographs and an overview of the class},
  author={S. Knudsen and M. Kirkegaard and J. Olesen},
  journal={Zootaxa},
  year={2009},
  volume={2035},
  pages={41-68}
}

S. Knudsen, M. Kirkegaard, J. Olesen

Published 2009

Biology

Zootaxa

A new species of Tantulocarida was found off the coast of Disko Island, West Greenland. The new species, Arcticotantulus kristenseni sp. nov., is exclusively found on an as yet undescribed species of Bradya Boeck, 1873 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) caught at depths of 200 m off the coast in muddy sediments. A total of 44 individuals were found, and 38 were examined by use of LM and SEM; these represented different stages of the life cycle: tantulus larvae, developing males, parthenogenetic females… CONTINUE READING

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