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Platytyphlops carpusserratus

  • 1. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental (DBBE), Buenos Aires, Argentina & Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 3. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany & Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Centre for Biodiversity Knowledge Science, Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Hamburg, Germany

Description

Platytyphlops carpusserratus (Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005)

described as Paralamprops; revised by Gerken (2018).

Holotype.

South Atlantic Ocean • subA. ♀; Angola Basin, Diva I exped., FS Meteor stat. M 48/1-318-1; 22°20.0'S, 03°18.3'E to 22°20.2'S, 03°18.4'E [- 22.33297, 3.30567; - 22.33747, 3.30732]; 5125–5144 [5179–5180] m depth; 09 July 2000; Angelika Brandt & J. Wolfgang Wägele leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH -K-040420.

Paratype.

* • ♂; Angola Basin, DIVA I exped., FS Meteor stat. M 48/1-340-1; l 8°18.3'S, 04°41.3'E to 18°19.4'S, 04°41.9'E [- 18.28822, 4.68683; - 18.32237, 4.69722] 5395 [5419] m depth; 22 July 2000; Ute Mühlenhardt-Siegel, leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH -K-040421.

Diagnosis.

Carapace in dorsal view nearly circular with crenulated lateral margin; crenulation of lateral carina equal in size from the anterior to the posterior part. Antenna 1, accessory flagellum with 3 articles, last one tiny (female). Pereopod 2, carpus serrate. Pereopod 5 shorter than basis of pereopod 4. Uropod, exopod’s tip reaching middle of distal article of endopod (after Mühlenhardt-Siegel 2005 a).

Distribution.

Southeast Atlantic, Angola Basin, 5125–5395 m depth.

Notes

Published as part of Mercado-Salas, Nancy F., Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Ute, Pereira, Emanuel & Garilao, Cristina, 2026, An annotated type catalogue and a fully digitised Crustacea collection of the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology. Part I: Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida, Cumacea, pp. 137-193 in Evolutionary Systematics 10 (1) on pages 137-193, DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.187593

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References

  • Gerken S (2018) The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the world. Zootaxa 4428 (1): 1–192. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
  • Mühlenhardt-Siegel U (2005 a) New Cumacea species (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep-sea expedition DIVA-I with RV " Meteor " to the Angola Basin in July 2000. Families Lampropidae, Bodotriidae. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 5: 113–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.008