Platytyphlops orbicularis Gerken 2018, n. comb.
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Description
Platytyphlops orbicularis (Calman, 1905) n. comb.
Platyaspis orbicularis Calman, 1905: 43, pl. 5 fig. 77–81.
Platytyphlops orbicularis.— Stebbing 1912: 144, 161.— Zimmer 1980: 18.
Platysympus orbicularis.— Hansen 1920: 52.— Reyss 1978a: 12.
Paralamprops orbicularis— Calman 1912: 631, 634, fig. 29–39.
Type material. Syntypes: NHM. 77 miles WNW of Achill Head, County Mayo, Ireland. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 1.0 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 5 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1 1.7 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male unknown.
Depth. 423–1739 m.
Distribution North Atlantic, east coast of USA, Faroes, Norway, Ireland.
Remarks. This is a distinctive species, with the carapace subrectangular in dorsal view and without sculpturing, and pereopod 5 being much shorter than the basis of pereopod 4, although similar in proportion to pereopods 3 and 4.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lampropidae
- Genus
- Platytyphlops
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cumacea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Gerken
- Species
- orbicularis
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platytyphlops orbicularis (Calman, 1905) sec. Gerken, 2018
References
- Calman, W. T. (1905) The Cumacea of the Siboga Expedition. Uitkomsten of Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied, 36, 1 - 23.
- Stebbing, T. R. R. (1912) The Sympoda, Part 6. Annals of the South African Museum, 10, 129 - 176.
- Zimmer, C. (1980) Cumaceans of the American Atlantic Boreal Coast region (Crustacea: Peracarida) (ed. Bowman, T. E. & Watling, L.). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 30, 1 - 27.
- Hansen, H. J. (1920) The Danish Ingolf Expedition. Crustacea Malacostraca 4. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen University, 3, 1 - 86.
- Reyss, D. (1978 a) Cumaces de profondeur de l'Atlantique nord, Famille des Lampropidae. Crustaceana, 35, 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854078 X 00150
- Calman, W. T. (1912) The Crustacea of the Order Cumacea in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 41, 603 - 676. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.41 - 1876.603