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.