Rhachotropis pilosa, Bellan-Santini, 2006

Bellan-Santini, Denise, 2006, Rhachotropis species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) of hydrothermal vents and surroundings on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, Azores Triple Junction zone, Journal of Natural History 40 (23 - 24), pp. 1407-1424 : 1416

Rhachotropis pilosa n. sp.

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Type locality

Figures

Figure 6. Rhachotropis pilosa, DIVA 2, Lucky Strike, Sintra, holotype female, 10 mm. (1) Habitus; (2) head with rostrum; (3) antenna 1; (4) antenna 2; (5) gnathopod 1; (6) gnathopod 2; (7) pereopod 3; (8) pereopod 4; (9) epimeral plates 2–3. Scale bars: 100 mm.

Figure 7. Rhachotropis pilosa, DIVA 2, Lucky Strike, Sintra, holotype female, 10 mm. (1) Mandible; (2) maxilla 1; (3) maxilla 2; (4) maxilliped; (5) pereopod 5, (6) pereopod 6; (7) pereopod 7; (8) uropod 1; (9) uropod 2; (10) uropod 3; (11) telson. Scale bars: 100 mm.

Figure 8. Rhachotropis pilosa, DIVA 2, Lucky Strike, Sintra, holotype female, 10 mm. (1) Antenna 1, flagellum; (2) antenna 1, article 3 of peduncle; (3) antenna 1, calceoli of article 3 of peduncle; (4, 5) antenna 1, calceoli; (6) surface of antenna 1. Scale bars: 1 mm (a); 100 mm (b); 10 mm (c).