Figure 6. Typhlotanais Compactus, Female A In Family Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 And Typhlotanaidae Sieg, 1984
Author
Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.178692
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178692
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Pulcherella spiniventris
(
Dollfus, 1897
)
n. comb.
(
Fig. 29C
)
Typhlotanais spiniventris
:
Dollfus (1897)
22: 210-212;
Norman (1899)
(7), 3: 340;
Tattersall (1904)
: 601;
Tattersall (1905)
2:5;
Nierstrasz (1913)
: 34;
Vanhoffen (1914)
15: 472;
Dollfus (1938)
97: 94;
Belloc (1960)
1188: 2;
Lang (1970)
(2), 23 (4):277-278, 287.
Material examined:
Lectotype
: female, 365104,
CAM
,
Hirondelle
Station
112,
between Pico and Sao-Jorge
(Azores), depth
1287 m
, fond sable vaseux,
1 Jul 1887
;
Paralectotypes
:
two females
(broken), 365168, one dissected on slides, the same locality
;
one female
, 365158,
Station
226,
Pico
Faya Strait
, depth
130 m
, gravel, sand, shell grit
.
Distribution:
NE Atlantic, Azores, depth
130–1287m
.
Remarks:
The
lectotype
and
paratypes
of
Pulcherella spiniventris
are covered by crystalline deposits which preclude detailed morphological observations for defining character states and differences from the other members of the genus. The carapace being shorter than pereonite-1, the long dorso-distal seta on pereopod-1 and the flat prickly tubercles on pereopods 4 and 5 undoubtedly classify the species in the genus
Pulcherella
. Additional material from, or close to, the type locality would help to clarify the taxonomic status of this species versus the similar congener
P. pulcher
.