A new species of the thorid genus Paralebbeus Bruce & Chace, 1986 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the deep sea of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Peng Xu; Feng Liu; Zhongjun Ding; Chunsheng Wang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.5

A new species of the thorid genus Paralebbeus Bruce & Chace, 1986 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the deep sea of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa. 2016 Mar 1;4085(1):119-26. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.5.

Authors

Peng Xu¹, Feng Liu², Zhongjun Ding³, Chunsheng Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, China; Email: unknown.
² China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA), Beijing 10083, China; Email: unknown.
³ China National Deep Sea Center, Qingdao 266061, China; Email: unknown.
⁴ Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, China State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, China; Email: wangsio@sio.org.cn.

PMID: 27394291
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.5

Abstract

During recent dives by the Chinese manned submersible "Jiaolong", some shrimp specimens were sampled from the deep sea of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. A new species of the caridean family Thoridae, Paralebbeus jiaolongi sp. nov., is described and illustrated in this study. The rostrum armed with only one subterminal ventral tooth can easily distinguish the new species from its congeners.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Decapoda / anatomy & histology
Decapoda / classification*
Decapoda / growth & development
Female
Male
Organ Size
Pacific Ocean