Additions to the Pacific Fauna of Haplomunnidae (Isopoda: Asellota) with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench Region
Olga A. Golovan,
Marina V. Malyutina,
Svetlana N. Sharina
Abstract:Three new species of the rare deep-sea family Haplomunnidae are described from the abyssal of the Northwestern (NW) Pacific adjacent to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench (KKT) based on material collected during the deep-sea expeditions KuramBio (2012) and SokhoBio (2015). Previously, only three species of the genus Haplomunna Richardson, 1908 were described in the whole North Pacific, including one species from its western part. Haplomunna kurilensis Golovan and Malyutina sp. nov., closely resembling H. japonica (Gam… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.