Description of Baeonectes brandtae sp. nov. and redescription of Eurycope spinifrons Gurjanova, 1933 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Munnopsidae) from the deep-sea basin of the Sea of Japan
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A small collection of isopods of the family Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864, including four species from the slope and the deep-sea basin of the Sea of Japan (Northwest Pacific), was studied. The new species <em>Baeonectes brandtaeem> sp. nov. which occurs at depths of 455-1525 m is described. It is the second species of <em>Baeonectesem> described from the Sea of Japan and the deepest recorded species of the genus. <em>Eurycope spinifronsem> , the only <em>Eurycopeem> species known from the Sea of Japan is redescribed. It is the most abundant species in the studied deep-sea macrobenthic communities in all samples.