A new subfamily, Vulcanocalliacinae n.subfam., for Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi n....

• Author(s): Dworschak, PC ; Cunha, MR
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6565
• Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
• Subject(s): Callianassidae; Vulcanocalliacinae; Vulcanocalliax; new subfamily; new genus; new species; Gulf of Cadiz; mud volcanoes; deep sea
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A new ghost shrimp, Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi n.gen. n.sp., is described and accommodated in the new subfamily Vulcanocalliacinae. This subfamily shares with the Bathycalliacinae Sakai & Turkay, 1999 the presence of epipods on the third maxilliped and the first four pairs of pereopods, but differs by the absence of cardiac sulci and a dorsomedian carina. This is the second record of a thalassinidean crustacean from deep-sea chemoautotrophic communities. Training Through Research Programme IOC-UNESCO EC FP6 - GOCE-CT-2005-511234 HERMES