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Hemilamprops merlini Muhlenhardt-Siegel 2005

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Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005

Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005: 114–117, figs 1–2.

Type material. Holotype: ZMH K 40,416, non ovigerous female. Paratypes: ZMH K 40,417, 15 females, 10 subadult males, 9 juveniles. Angola Basin, 22°20.0’– 22°20.2’S, 3°18.3’– 3°18.4’E. Not seen.

Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, without setae, dorsal crest entire. Pleonites without dorsal crest. Telson 0.6 length of uropod peduncles, with 4–5 pairs lateral setae, 5 terminal setae. Uropod exopod article 1 0.9 length of article 2. Adult male unknown.

Depth. 1798–5144 m.

Distribution. Angola Basin, 22°20’S, 3°18.3’E, and Bellingshausen Sea.

Remarks. Hemilamprops merlini is most similar to the Australian species H. diversus, but can be distinguished by the equal length terminal setae on the telson. In H. diversus the terminal setae on the telson are unequal in length.

Notes

Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH
Family
Lampropidae
Genus
Hemilamprops
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
K 40,416 , K 40,417
Order
Cumacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Muhlenhardt-Siegel
Species
merlini
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Hemilamprops merlini Muhlenhardt-Siegel, 2005 sec. Gerken, 2018

References

  • Muhlenhardt-Siegel, U. (2005) New Cumacea species (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep-sea expedition DIVA- 1 with RV " Meteor " to the Angola Basin in July 2000. Families Lampropidae, Bodotriidae. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 5, 113 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ode. 2004.10.008