Abstract:A new ealanoid copepod genus Erankferrarius is based on the female and male of a new speeies described herein. The specimens were collected in the North and South Atlantic from abyssal depths close to the sea bed during the German expedition DIVA III in 2009. Frankferrarius admirabilis gen. et sp. nov. is a representative of the superfamily Arietelloidea with the praecoxal arthrite of the maxillule heavily sclerotized and a highly specialized, huge maxilla with a well-pronounced articulation between the coxa a… Show more
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