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Issue: Vol. 1543 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1543.1.3
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Speleonectes emersoni, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea)  from the Dominican Republic

Institute for Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Buenteweg 17d, 30559 Hannover, Germany
Institute for Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Buenteweg 17d, 30559 Hannover, Germany
Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77553-1675, USA
Crustacea Remipedia Speleonectidae anchialine caves Dominican Republic biogeography

Abstract

A new species of Remipedia (Crustacea), Speleonectes emersoni, is described from two anchialine caves in the Dominican Republic. It represents the first record of remipedes for the island of Hispaniola. Speleonectes emersoni is a comparatively small-sized remipede. It can be distinguished from other species in the genus Speleonectes by a combination of features that include: 1) a relatively large antennal exopod, 2) frontal filaments with subapically inserted medial processes extending over the tip of the main filament, 3) an arc-shaped horseshoe-type claw with 7–10 small denticles, and 4) an anal segment that is longer than wide with caudal rami nearly as long as the anal segment.

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