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Antatelson walkeri Chilton

Description

Antatelson walkeri Chilton

Figure 4 (above and middle)

Thaumatelson walkeri Chilton, 1912, 199–200 pl. 1 fig. 11–15. Schellenberg, 1931,113. Thurston, 1974, 24–25.

Material examined UL /40, King George Isl., Admiralty Bay, from rhizoids of Phyllogigas grandifolius, 4–30m depth, 14.2.1980. 1 ind.

Diagnosis

Antenna 1 article 1 nasiform process not reaching end of article 2. Gnathopod 1 propodus widening distad, palm well defined, corner about 120°. Gnathopod 2 propodus ratio length to width> 2, palm well defined, corner after Chilton’s description about rightangled, in the studied material (ovigerous female 2.5mm) oblique and about 120° corner; carpus distally lengthened. Third pleonite with triangular hump. All uropods surpassing length of telson.

Ecology

After Thurston, 1974, 24 this species occurs in dense growth of large algae like Desmarestia or Phyllogigas in depth of 2–30m, probably living in the interstitium near the holdfasts.

Distribution Antarctica.

Notes

Published as part of Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2006, Thaumatelsonine Stenothoids (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Part 2, pp. 1-31 in Zootaxa 1165 on pages 11-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2645429

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UL
Event date
1980-02-14
Family
Stenothoidae
Genus
Antatelson
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chilton
Species
walkeri
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1980-02-14

References

  • Chilton, C. (1912), The Amphipoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society Edinburgh, 48, 455 - 520.
  • Thurston, H. M. (1974) The Crustacea Amphipoda of Signy Island, south Orkney Islands. British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Report, 71,1 - 133.