Styloptocumoides, Petrescu, 2006

Petrescu, Iorgu, 2006, Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from eastern Bass Strait, the south-eastern Australian slope, and Antarctica in the collections of Museum Victoria, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (2), pp. 129-173 : 169

Styloptocumoides gen. nov.

Type species. Styloptocumoides australiensis sp. nov., here designated.

Diagnosis. Carapace with short pseudorostrum, eyeless ocular lobe reaches its extremity. 5 free pedigerous somites. No trace of exopods in maxilliped 3 or pereopods in females.

Gender. Masculine.

Etymology. The new genus looks like Styloptocuma Băcescu and Muradian, 1974 .

Remarks. The closest genus to Styloptocumoides is Styloptocuma Băcescu and Muradian, 1974 , especially regarding the carapace, with the ocular lobe reaching the tip of the pseudorostrum. The main difference is the total absence of exopods in the females of Styloptocumoides . A second difference is five instead of four free thoracic segments.