TY  - JOUR
A1  - Noli, Nicholas Francesco
A1  - Brandt, Angelika
A1  - Di Franco, Davide
A1  - Schiaparelli, Stefano
T1  - Chaetarcturus cervicornis sp. n., a New Ross Sea Isopod of the Genus Chaetarcturus Brandt, 1990 (Crustacea, Malacostraca)
T2  - Diversity
N2  - In the framework of the PNRA (Italian National Antarctic Research Program) project CARBONANT focusing on biogenic carbonates and held in January–February 2002, several Ross Sea banks were sampled to obtain samples of biogenic carbonates. In the Mawson Bank, species belonging to the isopod genus Chaetarcturus Brandt, 1990 were recorded, including a specimen that did not match any described species. In this paper we describe Chaetarcturus cervicornis sp. n., which is characterized by supraocular spines and two pairs of tubercle-like protrusions on the cephalothorax. The new species is very similar to C. bovinus (Brandt & Wägele, 1988) and C. adareanus (Hodgson, 1902), but has a clearly different spine pattern. The study of the species of the genus Chaetarcturus in the Ross Sea contributes to increase our knowledge on the diversity of the Antarcturidae in the Southern Ocean. Ross Sea banks seem to hold an interesting and not-well-known fauna, deserving attention in future research.
KW  - Ross Sea
KW  - Mawson Bank
KW  - morphology
KW  - distribution
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/71954
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-719544
SN  - 1424-2818
N1  - The specimens were collected during different Antarctic expeditions funded by the Italian National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA), in particular the project CARBONANT (Processi genetici e significato paleoclimatico e paleoceanografico dei CARBONati marini biogenici in ANTartide), XVII expedition (2001/2002) (P.I. Marco Taviani). Authors are grateful to the Italian National Antarctic Scientific Commission (CSNA) and the Italian National Antarctic program (PNRA) for the endorsement of the Special Issue initiative and to the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) for the financial support.
VL  - 14
IS  - 5, art. 386
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -