DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ASPIDISCA, ASPIDISCA-TERRANOVAE SP-N,FROM ANTARCTICA (CILIOPHORA, HYPOTRICHIDA)

Authors
VALBONESI A
Citation
A. Valbonesi, DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ASPIDISCA, ASPIDISCA-TERRANOVAE SP-N,FROM ANTARCTICA (CILIOPHORA, HYPOTRICHIDA), Italian journal of zoology, 63(4), 1996, pp. 377-380
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Italian journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11250003
Volume
63
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
377 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
1125-0003(1996)63:4<377:DOANSO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A new species of Aspidisca, Aspidisca terranovae sp. n., was collected from sea ice and sand sediments of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarcti ca). It is characterized by: seven frontoventral cirri showing a 'poly styla-arrangement', five transverse cirri, a prominent peristomial spu r, and a smooth dorsal surface carrying four kineties.