BATHYNELLACEA Chappuis, 1915

Bandari, Elia, Shaik, Shabuddin & Ranga Reddy, Yenumula, 2017, A phylogenetic review of the genus Atopobathynella Schminke, 1973 (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Bathynellacea) with three new species from southeastern India, Journal of Natural History 51 (35 - 36), pp. 2143-2184 : 2145

Order BATHYNELLACEA Chappuis, 1915

Family PARABATHYNELLIDAE Noodt, 1965

Genus ATOPOBATHYNELLA Schminke, 1973

Atopobathynella indica sp. nov.

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Figures

Figure 1. (a) Map showing the type localities of the three new species of Atopobathynella: A. indica sp. nov., A. nelloreensis sp. nov. and A. inopinata sp. nov., (b) A. indica sp. nov., male habitus, lateral (arrow pointing to Th VIII).

Figure 2. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., (a) holotype male. (b–e) allotype female. (a) antennule, dorsal; (b) antennule, dorso-lateral; (c) antenna; (d) labrum, ventral; (e) paragnaths, ventral.

Figure 3. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., holotype male. (a) mandible; (b) maxillule; (c) maxilla.

Figure 4. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., holotype male. (a) Th I; (b) Th II; (c) Th III; (d) Th IV.

Figure 5. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., holotype male. (a) Th V; (b) Th VI; (c) Th VII; (d) Th VIII, latero-internal; (e) Th VIII, latero-external.

Figure 6. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., (a and b) holotype male; (c and d) allotype female. (a) pleotelson, lateral and uropod; (b) pleotelson and uropod, dorsal; (c) Th VIII and pleopod I; (d) Th VIII (in-situ).

Figure 7. Atopobathynella indica sp. nov., holotype male digital images. (a) labrum, ventral; (b) pleotelson and uropod, lateral; (c) Mandible, lateral; (d) Pleotelson, dorsal.