Contumacious Beasts: A Story of Two Diastylidae (Cumacea) from Arctic Waters

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  • S. Gerken
  • Les Watling
  • A. B. Klitgaard
چکیده

A full description of the subadult male holotype of the diastylid Ektonodiastylis robusta, new genus, new species, is presented, as well as of the adult male and adult female of E. nimia. Ektonodiastylis nimia is transferred from Brachydiastylis to Ektonodiastylis. The family definition of Diastylidae is expanded. The implications of this expansion on the systematics of the Cumacea in general, and Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae in particular, are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2016