Platytyphlops carpusserratus ( Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005 ) Gerken, 2018

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 144

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2419A7F0-5AED-47EC-86BB-06AADB2A4BD9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799211
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87BA-FF63-2EA4-64FF-FBF9D07CCC7D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platytyphlops carpusserratus ( Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Platytyphlops carpusserratus ( Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005) View in CoL n. comb.

Paralamprops carpusserratus Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005: 119–122 View in CoL , figs 4–5.

Type material. Holotype: ZMH K 40,420 View Materials , subadult female (broken) . Paratype: ZMH K 40,421 View Materials , adult male, damaged. Angola Basin , 22°20.0’– 22°20.20’S, 3°18.3’– 3°18.40’E. Not seen GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina of blunt teeth, no ridges on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.6 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1shorter than length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male with long antennal flagellum.

Depth. 5125–5395 m.

Distribution. Angola Basin, 18°18’– 22°20’S, 3°18’– 4°41’E.

Remarks. Only two specimens of this species are known. This species is most similar to Platytyphlops corolliferus , but can be differentiated by the teeth in the marginal carina being of equal size, while in A. corolliferus the teeth decrease in size posteriorly.