Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench
The fauna of Loricifera along a north-south longitudinal transect following the Atacama Trench was explored. Whereas no loriciferans were collected from the actual trench, the continental slope and surrounding abyssal plains yielded two species of Rugiloricus and two of Pliciloricus. All four speci...
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| author | Martin V. Sørensen Maria Herranz Katarzyna Grzelak Mauricio Shimabukuro Reinhardt M. Kristensen Daniela Zeppilli |
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The fauna of Loricifera along a north-south longitudinal transect following the Atacama Trench was explored. Whereas no loriciferans were collected from the actual trench, the continental slope and surrounding abyssal plains yielded two species of Rugiloricus and two of Pliciloricus. All four species are considered as new to science, but only one of them could be formally described. The new species, Pliciloricus ukupachaensis sp. nov., is closely related with the North Atlantic Pliciloricus leocaudatus, and the two species share different morphological traits, including an enlarged anal field with conspicuous pentagonal and hexagonal fields formed by strong, cuticular ridges. Among other peculiar traits, the new species is characterised by having strongly reduced trichoscalid plates and no double trichoscalids. Comparison with previously published, unidentified specimens suggests that the new species’ distributional range might reach as far as Oregon off the US west coast.
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd79342b3e184a3e85e43cb3c35c52e42023-07-14T22:00:18ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732023-07-01879110.5852/ejt.2023.879.2169Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama TrenchMartin V. Sørensen0Maria Herranz1Katarzyna Grzelak2Mauricio Shimabukuro3Reinhardt M. Kristensen4Daniela Zeppilli5Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkMarine Ecology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, PolandInstitute of Oceanography, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, BrazilNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkUniversité de Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6197 Biologie et Écologie des Ecosystèmes marins profonds, 29280 Plouzané, France The fauna of Loricifera along a north-south longitudinal transect following the Atacama Trench was explored. Whereas no loriciferans were collected from the actual trench, the continental slope and surrounding abyssal plains yielded two species of Rugiloricus and two of Pliciloricus. All four species are considered as new to science, but only one of them could be formally described. The new species, Pliciloricus ukupachaensis sp. nov., is closely related with the North Atlantic Pliciloricus leocaudatus, and the two species share different morphological traits, including an enlarged anal field with conspicuous pentagonal and hexagonal fields formed by strong, cuticular ridges. Among other peculiar traits, the new species is characterised by having strongly reduced trichoscalid plates and no double trichoscalids. Comparison with previously published, unidentified specimens suggests that the new species’ distributional range might reach as far as Oregon off the US west coast. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2169deep-seaHADES-ERCLoriciferameiofaunaPliciloricus ukupachaensis sp. nov.Rugiloricus |
| spellingShingle | Martin V. Sørensen Maria Herranz Katarzyna Grzelak Mauricio Shimabukuro Reinhardt M. Kristensen Daniela Zeppilli Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench European Journal of Taxonomy deep-sea HADES-ERC Loricifera meiofauna Pliciloricus ukupachaensis sp. nov. Rugiloricus |
| title | Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench |
| title_full | Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench |
| title_fullStr | Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench |
| title_full_unstemmed | Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench |
| title_short | Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench |
| title_sort | living on the edge first survey of loriciferans along the atacama trench |
| topic | deep-sea HADES-ERC Loricifera meiofauna Pliciloricus ukupachaensis sp. nov. Rugiloricus |
| url | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2169 |
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