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The paramesochrid fauna of the Great Meteor Seamount (Northeast Atlantic) including the description of a new species of Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) Kunz (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Paramesochridae)

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Because of their potentially important role for the distribution of marine benthic organisms, seamounts have been the subject of focused interest on the part of marine biologists particularly during the past decade. One of the largest seamounts sampled so far is the Great Meteor Seamount (GMS), which is located in the North Atlantic. Although some of the most detailed investigations have been carried out on this particular seamount, it is still a little-known environment regarding benthic copepod diversity and ecology. Therefore, material from 14 stations collected in 1998 was investigated to address the following aspects: (1) species composition and diversity of the harpacticoid family Paramesochridae at the GMS; (2) faunistic comparison with other localities and Intermedopsyllus; and (3) revision of the worldwide distribution of known Paramesochridae. Of the 28 paramesochrid species determined from the GMS, 26 are new to science. The vast majority were found on the plateau; only two species were detected in the deep-sea stations. Other species found at the GMS are already known from East Atlantic deep-sea areas. In the frame of providing new taxonomical information for future research, Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) antoniae sp. nov. from the plateau of the GMS is described here. The new species can without any doubt be allocated to Scottopsyllus because of the 1-segmented endopods but 3-segmented exopods in P2–P3, the “paramecium”-like shape of P2–P3 endopods, and the 1-segmented exopods in the antenna and the mandible. The new species differs from its congeners mainly by retention of setae on the antennule, the reduced size of furcal seta VI, the fact that the proximal maxillar endite bears only 1 seta, and the loss of the maxillar endopod.

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Special thanks are due to J.B.J. Wells (Wellington, New Zealand) and P. Bodin (Belgium) who provided a checklist for the harpacticoid copepods. We would also like to thank our colleagues Dr. G. Veit-Köhler and M. Büntzow (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) who provided their paramesochrid material from the Seine and Sedlo Seamounts and the deep-sea basins of the Southeast Atlantic.

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Plum, C., George, KH. The paramesochrid fauna of the Great Meteor Seamount (Northeast Atlantic) including the description of a new species of Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) Kunz (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Paramesochridae). Mar Biodiv 39, 265–289 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-009-0022-7

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