AN USUAL GIANT PYCNOGONID (PYCNOGONIDA-COLOSSENDEIDAE) DECOLOPODA-QASIMI SP-NOV FROM ANTARCTIC WATERS

Authors
SREE VJ SREEPADA RA PARULEKAR AH
Citation
Vj. Sree et al., AN USUAL GIANT PYCNOGONID (PYCNOGONIDA-COLOSSENDEIDAE) DECOLOPODA-QASIMI SP-NOV FROM ANTARCTIC WATERS, Current Science, 65(2), 1993, pp. 179-181
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
179 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1993)65:2<179:AUGP(D>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Five specimens of benthic pycnogonids collected from the Southern Ocea n are described. Of these, two are identified as Nymphon australis (Ho dgson) and two as Ecleipsotherma spinosa (Hodgson). One specimen under the class Colossendeidae, is described as new to science, Decolopoda qasimi, sp. nov.