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Platytyphlops orbicularis Gerken 2018, n. comb.

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Platytyphlops orbicularis (Calman, 1905) n. comb.

Platyaspis orbicularis Calman, 1905: 43, pl. 5 fig. 77–81.

Platytyphlops orbicularis.— Stebbing 1912: 144, 161.— Zimmer 1980: 18.

Platysympus orbicularis.— Hansen 1920: 52.— Reyss 1978a: 12.

Paralamprops orbicularis— Calman 1912: 631, 634, fig. 29–39.

Type material. Syntypes: NHM. 77 miles WNW of Achill Head, County Mayo, Ireland. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 1.0 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 5 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1 1.7 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male unknown.

Depth. 423–1739 m.

Distribution North Atlantic, east coast of USA, Faroes, Norway, Ireland.

Remarks. This is a distinctive species, with the carapace subrectangular in dorsal view and without sculpturing, and pereopod 5 being much shorter than the basis of pereopod 4, although similar in proportion to pereopods 3 and 4.

Notes

Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3769771 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Family
Lampropidae
Genus
Platytyphlops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cumacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gerken
Species
orbicularis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Platytyphlops orbicularis (Calman, 1905) sec. Gerken, 2018

References

  • Calman, W. T. (1905) The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition. Uitkomsten of Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied, 36, 1 - 23.
  • Stebbing, T. R. R. (1912) The Sympoda, Part 6. Annals of the South African Museum, 10, 129 - 176.
  • Zimmer, C. (1980) Cumaceans of the American Atlantic Boreal Coast region (Crustacea: Peracarida) (ed. Bowman, T. E. & Watling, L.). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 30, 1 - 27.
  • Hansen, H. J. (1920) The Danish Ingolf Expedition. Crustacea Malacostraca 4. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen University, 3, 1 - 86.
  • Reyss, D. (1978 a) Cumaces de profondeur de l'Atlantique nord, Famille des Lampropidae. Crustaceana, 35, 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854078 X 00150
  • Calman, W. T. (1912) The Crustacea of the Order Cumacea in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 41, 603 - 676. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.41 - 1876.603