Towards a better understanding of deep-sea tardigrade biogeography: numerous new records from the Southern Ocean Author Trokhymchuk, Roman VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. & German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Author Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas 0000-0003-4102-9371 ZTM, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. haesa@leibniz-lib.de Author Utevsky, Serge 0000-0003-1290-6742 VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. serge.utevsky@karazin.ua Author Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg 0000-0001-9549-1188 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Gothersgade 130, 1123 Copenhagen, Denmark. rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk Author Kieneke, Alexander 0000-0001-8180-2483 German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. alexander.kieneke@senckenberg.de text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-02 5543 1 1 39 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1 1175-5326 14385085 F6372401-5C79-487C-A8C1-DBDEE7C71671 Angursa lanceolata Renaud-Mornant, 1981 N= 36 specimens occurrence: ANDEEP I, III , ANDEEP-SYSTCO ; 1,927–5,213 m bsl . Fig. 9 C ; Supplementary Table 1.8 Short description Angursa with slender body (101–150 µm long, 15.7–24.0 µm width, n=4) and primary clavae shorter than cirri A . Secondary and tertiary clavae present. Elongated leg IV sensory organs. Cirri E with lance-shaped ending. Remarks A. lanceolata belongs to the A. lanceolata group with primary clavae shorter than cirri A ( Fujimoto & Hansen 2019 ). Species with easily recognisable lance-shaped cirri E ( Renaud-Mornant, 1981 ).