ZooKeys (Feb 2021)

A new species of Princaxelia from Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Pardaliscidae)

  • Ko Tomikawa,
  • Hiromi Kayama Watanabe,
  • Katsuhiko Tanaka,
  • Yasuhiko Ohara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1015.59683
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1015
pp. 115 – 127

Abstract

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A new pardaliscid amphipod, Princaxelia marianaensis sp. nov., is described from a single female captured at the Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench, from a depth of 5,689–5,683 m. A key to species of Princaxelia is provided. This is the first species of Princaxelia to be described from the Mariana Trench, and the second report of this genus from this region.