A new large predator (Amphipoda, Eusiridae) hidden at hadal depths of the Atacama Trench
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430
Submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to science@mander.xyz
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430
spinne@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
A large amphipod, 38.9 mm
"Dulcibella camanchaca gen. nov. sp. nov. is a large amphipod (holotype: 38.9 mm length) with diagnostic features that include: a smooth dorsal body, 12 spines on the outer maxilla 1 plate, subsimilar and strongly subchelate gnathopods with broad carpus lobes, the pereopods 3 and 4 dactyli are 0.45× of the respective propodus and pereopods 5 to 7 dactyli are 0.6×, a distal spiniform process on the peduncle of uropod 1, and an elongated but weakly cleft telson. Together, Dulcibella camanchaca gen. nov. sp. nov. is a novel predator and reinforces the eco-evolutionary distinctiveness of the Atacama Trench. zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95A6C497-AC8…"