LOPHOGASTER MURANOI, A NEW SPECIES OF MYSID FROM THE COASTAL WATERS OF ARGENTINA (CRUSTACEA, MYSIDACEA, LOPHOGASTRIDAE)

Authors
FUKUOKA K HOFFMEYER MS VINAS MD
Citation
K. Fukuoka et al., LOPHOGASTER MURANOI, A NEW SPECIES OF MYSID FROM THE COASTAL WATERS OF ARGENTINA (CRUSTACEA, MYSIDACEA, LOPHOGASTRIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 110(4), 1997, pp. 601-607
Citations number
8
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
110
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
601 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1997)110:4<601:LMANSO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Lophogaster muranoi, a new species, is described from the coastal wate rs of Argentina. This new species is characterized by the medium-sized median rostral spine extending slightly beyond the apex of the antenn ular lobe, the presence of a pair of the postorbital spines on the car apace, and the telson armed with 4 pairs of lateral spines and a narro w apical median plate. This is the third species of the genus Lophogas ter from the South Atlantic Ocean.