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Deep-water Arcturidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera) from French collections in the south-western Pacific Ocean

Gary C. B. POORE

en Zoosystema 20 (2) - Pages 379-399

Published on 13 July 1998

 This article is a part of the thematic issue Papers in honour of Alain Crosnier

The arcturid genera Chaetarcturus Brandt, 1990 and Dolichiscus Richardson, 1913 are rediagnosed and six deep-water species recorded or described: C. abyssicola (Beddard, 1886) from north-eastern Australia; C. crosnieri n.sp. from the Coral Sea and New Caledonia, C. taniae n.sp. from New Caledonia, D. cornutus (Beddard, 1886) from Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia; and D. kai n.sp. and D.tanimbar n.sp. from Indonesia.


Keywords:

Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera, Arcturidae, Chaetarcturus, Dolichiscus, south-western Pacific Ocean, systematics, new species.

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POORE G. C. B. 1998. — Deep-water Arcturidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera) from French collections in the south-western Pacific Ocean, in MACPHERSON E., LEMAITRE R., RICHER DE FORGES B. & MANNING R. B. (eds), Papers in honour of Alain Crosnier. Zoosystema 20 (2): 379-399.