Alamprops comatus Gerken 2018, n. comb.
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Description
Alamprops comatus (Zimmer, 1907) n. comb.
Lamprops (?) comatus Zimmer, 1907: 373.
Type material. Holotype: ZMB 18 338, female, Antarctic, 65°15’S, 80°12’E.
Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges; eyelobe not extending to anterior border of pseudorostrum. Telson without lateral setae, 5 subequal terminal setae. Uropod peduncle with 3 medial setae; uropod exopod unknown. Male unknown.
Depth. 3423 m.
Distribution. Antarctic, 65°15’S, 80°12’E.
Remarks. Alamprops comatus is most similar to A. tomalesi, and can be differentiated by having the lateral margins of the telson serrate, whereas the lateral margins are entire in A. tomalesi. In addition, A. comatus is known from the deep Antarctic, while A. tomalesi is known from shallow waters off the coast of California.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZMB
- Family
- Lampropidae
- Genus
- Alamprops
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- ZMB 18
- Order
- Cumacea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Gerken
- Species
- comatus
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Alamprops comatus (Zimmer, 1907) sec. Gerken, 2018
References
- Zimmer, C. (1907) Neue Cumaceen von der Deutschen und der Swedischen Sudpolar Expedition aus der Familien der Cumiden, Vaunthomsoniiden, Nannastaciden und Lampropiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 367 - 374.