Three new species of the genus Leucon Kröyer, 1846 (Crustacea: Cumacea) from the continental slope off Surinam |
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| Authors: | J D D BISHOP |
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| Institution: | Department of Marine Biology, University of Liverpool, Port Erin, Isle of Man, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Three new, and apparently closely related, species of cumacean are described from the continental slope off Surinam: Leucon turgidulus sp.nov. from about 500 m depth, L. medius sp.nov. from about 1000m and about 1500m, and L.jonesi sp.nov from about 1500m and about 2000m. The species have not been found in extensive collections from other parts of the deep Atlantic. Leucon pallidus G.O. Sars, 1865 is the most closely comparable of the previously known members of the genus. |
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| Keywords: | eep sea Surinam new species Cumacea Le |
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