Leucon (Macrauloleucon) weddelli, Ledoyer, 1993

Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute, 2011, New and known species of the family Leuconidae (Cumacea, Peracarida) from Antarctic deep-sea basins 3117, Zootaxa 3117 (1), pp. 1-68 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3117.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5245255
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scientific name	Leucon (Macrauloleucon) weddelli
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L. (M.) weddelli Ledoyer, 1993

Previous records. described and rediscovered for the Weddell Sea ( 399–577 m).

Diagnosis. Long pseudorostrum, very long siphonal tube, two long teeth along anterior margin of carapace, teeth also laterally on carapace and laterally on pereionites.

New records. W Weddell Sea: ANDEEP III #151: 1 specimen; ZMH: K 42940 View Materials .

Remarks. The single specimen in the samples fits quite well the description given by Ledoyer (1993) with lateral teeth at the carapace; however, there is only a single dorsomedian tooth discernable.