RT Journal Article
T1 Ryuguderes casarrubiosi sp. nov., a new deep-sea representative of the enigmatic genus Ryuguderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida: Campyloderidae) from the Indian Ocean
A1 Cepeda Gómez, Diego
A1 Sánchez Santos, Nuria
A1 Olu, Karine
A1 Zeppilli, Daniela
AB A new species of the rare genus Ryuguderes is described from a deep-sea muddy seafloor part of a cold seep area at the Mozambique Channel (western Indian Ocean). The new species is easily distinguished from its only known congener by the arrangement of the middorsal (segments 2–9 in Ryuguderes iejimaensis vs. segments 1–10 in the new species) and the lateroventral acicular spines (segments 4 and 6–9 in R; iejimaensis vs. segments 3–4 and 6–9 in the new species) as well as the ventromedial female papillae (segments 6–7 in R. iejimaensis vs. segments 6–8 in the new species). Despite the ecological peculiarities of the habitat where the new species was found, all the examined specimens were recovered outside any active pockmark, which could point towards a lack of adaptation to the extreme environmental conditions associated with cold seeps.
PB Elsevier
SN 0044-5231
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/125249
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/125249
LA eng
NO Cepeda, D., Sánchez, N., Olu, K., & Zeppilli, D. (2022). Ryuguderes casarrubiosi sp. nov., a new deep-sea representative of the enigmatic genus Ryuguderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida: Campyloderidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 300, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCZ.2022.08.001
NO This study was done within the framework of the PAssive Margin Exploration LAboratories (PAMELA) project, funded by TOTAL and IFREMER.
NO Total
NO Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 mar 2026