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Califarcturus Poore, 2015, n. gen.

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Califarcturus n. gen.

Type species. Microarcturus tannerensis Schultz, 1966, herein designated and by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Head, pereonites and all pleonites each with transverse rows of submedian, sublateral and lateral tubercles bearing bead-like spheres; pleotelson with short oblique lateral tubercles. Eyes absent. Male pleopod 1 exopod with well defined groove opening at notch about three-quarters along, without ventral tooth.

Etymology. For California, combined with Arcturus, a commonly used genus stem.

Remarks. Microarcturus tannerensis Schultz, 1966 has remained without a valid genus name for almost 50 years, Microarcturus being a nomen nudum (Poore 2003). The species is still known only from its holotype. Its unique male pleopod 1 does not allow it to be placed in any known valviferan genus. The setation of pereopods 2– 4 excludes the species from Antarcturidae and other similar families.

Notes

Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., 2015, Thermoarcturidae, a new crustacean family of three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera), pp. 409-418 in Zootaxa 4007 (3) on page 411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/245508

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF48651D1BCF0DFF248E90BF82FADE

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.7 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/245508 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFF6301D1D19CF0FFFB38D51BC19FF9E (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/3D2D89A3-2E1D-4449-A418-6F86DDB5C6A1 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03CF48651D1BCF0DFF248E90BF82FADE (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/119631530 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/40108/taxon/03CF48651D1BCF0DFF248E90BF82FADE.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Thermoarcturidae
Genus
Califarcturus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Califarcturus Poore, 2015

References

  • Schultz, G. A. (1966) Submarine canyons of southern California. Part IV. Systematics: Isopoda. Marine isopods of the submarine canyons of the southern Californian continental shelf. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 27 (Part 4), 1 - 56. Available from: http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 4683460 (accessed 26 July 2015)
  • Poore, G. C. B. (2003) Revision of Holidoteidae, an endemic southern African family of Crustacea, and re-appraisal of taxa previously included in its three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera). Journal of Natural History, 37, 1805 - 1846. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930210133273