A new deep-sea Liljeborgia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Liljeborgiidae) from the DIVA II cruise in the equatorial eastern Atlantic

摘要

A new abyssal liljeborgiid amphipod from the equatorial eastern Atlantic Ocean (00deg40.49'N, 005de3g29.71'W, 5142 m), Liljeborgia (Lilljeborgiella) famelicosa is described. The new species is very similar to L. mozambica Ledoyer, 1986 from the southwestern Indian Ocean. A key and checklist is also provided to species of Liljeborgia recorded from below 1000 m. The capacity of large range dispersal in Liljeborgia lineages is briefly discussed.