Ommatoleucon Watling, 1991

Gerken, Sarah, 2016, Leuconidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from the collections of the Museum Victoria, Australia, Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 251-292 : 284

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scientific name	Ommatoleucon Watling, 1991
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Ommatoleucon Watling, 1991 View in CoL

Type species. Leucon ocularis Hale, 1945 .

Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Carapace without dorsal crest. Eyelobe present as expansion of frontal lobe, large, with obvious visual elements. Endopod uniarticulate or biarticulate. Adult male. Eyelobe larger than in female, with more visual elements. Antennal flagellum extending to end of pleon. Without penial lobes. With 2 pairs of pleopods.

Remarks. This is the only genus in the Leuconidae with visual elements, and is also endemic to Australian waters.

Species. Ommatoleucon megalopos n. sp., O. ocularis ( Hale, 1945) .