Speleonectes williamsi, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Bahamas

TAMARA R. HARTKE ¹STEFAN KOENEMANN ²JILL YAGER³

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作者信息

1. Institute for Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bunteweg 17d, D-30559 Hannover, Germany
2. Section of Biology, Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
3. Research Associate, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560
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Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Speleonectes (Crustacea, Remipedia, Nectiopoda) from an anchialine cave on Grand Bahama Island in the northern Bahamas. Speleonectes williamsi n. sp. is morphologically highly similar to Speleonectes emersoni from the Dominican Republic. However, morphological differences between the two species were detected in dissected body parts, such as the setal patterns of the antennae and trunk limbs, the terminal claws of maxillae and maxillipeds, and the frontal filaments.

Key words

remipede/cryptic species/pseudo-cryptic species/glands/Speleonectidae

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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