Species Algensiella boitanii Cottarelli & Baldari, 1987
- Algensiella boitanii Cottarelli, V. & Baldari, F. 1987. Interstitial Ancorabolidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Macquarie Island: Tapholaophontodes remotus n. sp. and Algeniella boitanii n. gen., n. sp. Crustaceana 53(1): 67-77 [72].
Type data:
Holotype MZGZ none. ♀ (found at Green Gorge beach, Macquarie Island), Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean.
Paratype(s) MZGZ none 10♀ 4♂ (found at Green Gorge beach, Macquarie Island), Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean.
Distribution
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: interstitial, mid intertidal.
Diagnosis
Ancorabolidea with 5-segmented first antenna; second antenna lacking an exopodite. P1 with 3-segmented exoppodite and 2-segmented endopodite. Exopodites of P2-P4 of three articles, the last having five elements. P2 without endopodite. P3 (female) with 1-segmented endopodite bearing two apical setae and P3 endopodite (male) showing sexual simorphism. P4 with 1-segmented endopodite (male) showing sexual dimorphism. P4 with 1-segmented endopodite, with two apical setae. - Cottarelli & Baldari, 1987, p.71.
Diagnosis References
Cottarelli, V. & Baldari, F. 1987. Interstitial Ancorabolidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Macquarie Island: Tapholaophontodes remotus n. sp. and Algeniella boitanii n. gen., n. sp. Crustaceana 53(1): 67-77 [72]
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