Description of a new genus and species of the subfamily Arcoscalpellinae Zevina, 1978 (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellidae) from deep waters of the South China Sea

Abstract

A deep-sea pedunculate barnacle of the family Scalpellidae, subfamily Arcoscalpellinae, collected from deep waters of the South China Sea is studied. Sinoscalpellum gen. nov. is erected to accommodate Sinoscalpellum sinensis sp. nov. The new genus differs from the other genera by the inframedian latus narrow and long, umbo at basi-rostral angle and protruded to below rostrum. A key to genera of the subfamily Arcoscalpellinae is provided.

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Keywords:

• Cirripedia
• Thoracica
• new genus
• new species
• deep waters
• South China Sea

Acknowledgements

We express our appreciation to two anonymous referees for their valuable suggestions to the manuscript. The authors are much indebted to Prof. J.Y. Liu (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for his support of the work. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31172054 and 31061160187) and the “Strategic Priority Research Programme” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA1103040102).