<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Hemilamprops bacescui Petrescu & Wittmann 2003</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <h1> <i> Hemilamprops bacescui</i> Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003</h1> <p> <i> Hemilamprops bacescui</i> Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003: 584, figs 182–199.</p> <p> <b> Type material.</b> Holotype: NHMW 19654, subadult female. Paratypes: NHMW 19655, 2 subadult females, 2 subadult males; NHMW 19656, 2 subadult females, 1 subadult males; NHMW 19657, 1 subadult male; GAM Cum 268, 4 subadult females; GAM Cum 269, 1 subadult female; GAM Cum 270, 2 subadult males, 3 adult males; RMNH N 285, 1 subadult male; RMNH N 286, 1 subadult female; RMNH N 287, 2 subadult females, 1 subadult male. Weddell Sea, Antarctic, 75°40’S, 56°40’W. GAM types seen, NHMW and RMNH not seen.</p> <p> <b> Diagnosis</b>. Carapace with several lateral ridges, without setae, dorsal crest entire. Pleonites with distinct dorsal crest. Telson 0.8 length of uropod peduncles, with 3 pairs lateral setae, 3 subequal terminal setae. Uropod exopod article 1 0.7 length of article 2.<i> Adult male</i> unknown.</p> <p> <b> Depth</b>. 340–520 m.</p> <p> <b> Distribution</b>. Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 70– 76°S, 11– 56°W.</p> <p> <b> Remarks</b>. This species can be distinguished from all other<i> Hemilamprops</i> by the combination of two lateral ridges on the carapace, three terminal setae and three or fewer pairs of lateral setae on the telson. The most similar species is<i> H. bicarinatus</i> from the Indian Ocean; however,<i> H. bacescui</i> is only known from the Weddell Sea.</p> </body> </html>