Platytyphlops carpusserratus Gerken 2018, n. comb.
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Platytyphlops carpusserratus (Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005) n. comb.
Paralamprops carpusserratus Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005: 119–122, figs 4–5.
Type material. Holotype: ZMH K 40,420, subadult female (broken). Paratype: ZMH K 40,421, adult male, damaged. Angola Basin, 22°20.0’– 22°20.20’S, 3°18.3’– 3°18.40’E. Not seen.
Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina of blunt teeth, no ridges on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.6 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1shorter than length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male with long antennal flagellum.
Depth. 5125–5395 m.
Distribution. Angola Basin, 18°18’– 22°20’S, 3°18’– 4°41’E.
Remarks. Only two specimens of this species are known. This species is most similar to Platytyphlops corolliferus, but can be differentiated by the teeth in the marginal carina being of equal size, while in A. corolliferus the teeth decrease in size posteriorly.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZMH
- Material sample ID
- K 40,420 , K 40,421
- Scientific name authorship
- Gerken
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Cumacea
- Family
- Lampropidae
- Genus
- Platytyphlops
- Species
- carpusserratus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platytyphlops carpusserratus (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