New or Unknown Species
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A new species of Epimeria, a 25 mm long amphipod crustacean sampled near Elephant Island, Antarctic Peninsula, during the Polarstern cruise ANTXXIII-8. Photo by Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz.
A new giant Antarctic amphipod crustacean nearly 100 mm long, belonging to the genus Eusirus, sampled by baited traps off the Antarctic Peninsula during the ANT-XXIII/8 Polarstern expedition. Photo by Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz.
Antarctic male pycnogonid bearing its eggs, a marine distant relative of spiders, sampled in the Larsen A area, Antarctic Peninsula, during the Polarstern expedition ANTXXIII-8. Photo: PJ López-González.
A still unidentified Antarctic sea star sampled in the area formerly covered by the Larsen B ice-shelve during the Polarstern cruise ANTXXIII-8. Photo by Gauthier Chapelle.
A giant Antarctic barnacle, a cirriped crustacean sampled at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula during the ANT-XXIII/8 Polarstern expedition. Photo by Gauthier Chapelle.
