A new and primitive genus and species of deep-sea Tegastidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37 degrees N (Azores Triple Junction, Lucky Strike)статья
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Аннотация:Smacigastes micheli gen. nov., sp. nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tegastidae) is described, from specimens obtained during in situ colonization experiments in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (37degreesN, Lucky Strike), at a depth of 1698 m. This is the first record of tegastids in the deep-sea. The distinctive and primitive features of the new genus allowing an amendment of the family diagnosis are the elongate caudal rami, the 10-segmented male antennule and the leg 6 represented by 2 small setae on the ventral side of the female genital double-somite. The fusion of the left genital flap with the male genital double-somite and the slight (clockwise from ventral view) torsion of the flaps relative to the dorso-ventral axis of the genital double-somite are the presumed derived features of the new genus.