Bathylamprops natalensis Jones, 1969

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 30

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Bathylamprops natalensis Jones, 1969 View in CoL

Bathylamprops natalensis Jones, 1969: 121–122 View in CoL , fig. 10.

Type material. Holotype: UZMK, female. Cape Town, Durban , 35°44’S, 39°16’E. Not seen. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, not rugose, covered with small tubercles; eyelobe without spine. Maxilliped 3 carpus 1.0 width of merus. Telson 0.7 uropod peduncles, with 9 pairs of lateral setae. Adult male unknown.

Depth. 3800 m.

Distribution. Cape Town, South Africa, 35°44’S, 39°16’E.

Remarks. Bathylamprops natalensis is most similar to B.calmani , B.motasi and B. scaber , but can be distinguished by the narrow carpus of maxilliped 3, which is no wider than the merus. In the other three species, the carpus of maxilliped 3 is distinctly wider than the merus.