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Platysympus muranoi Gamo 1980

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Description

Platysympus muranoi Gamô, 1980

Platysympus muranoi Gamô, 1980: 1–6, figs 1–2.

Type material. Holotype: NSMT, subadult female. Bôsô Peninsula, Japan, 34°57.5’N, 140°7’E. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace with branchial swellings, without ridges, in lateral view with posterior dorsal hump. Telson 2.0 pleonite 6, 0.9 uropod peduncles, without lateral setae. Adult male unknown. Depth. 260– 335 m. Distribution. Bôsô Peninsula, Japan, 34°57’5”N, 140°7’E. Remarks. The most similar species is Platysympus japonicus, also known from Japanese waters. However, in P. japonicus the telson less than 0.5 the length of the uropod peduncles, while in P. muranoi the telson is subequal to the uropod peduncles.

Notes

Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lampropidae
Genus
Platysympus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cumacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gamo
Species
muranoi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Platysympus muranoi Gamo, 1980 sec. Gerken, 2018

References

  • Gamo, S. (1980) Platysympus muranoi sp. n. (Cumacea, Crustacea) from Japan. Yokohama National University. Yokohama National University, 27, 1 - 6.