Hobbsinella Camacho, Hutchins, Schwartz, Dorda, Casado & Rey, 2018

Camacho, Ana Isabel, Mas-Peinado, Paloma, Bonwell, Carly B., McDONALD, Jenna N., Dorda, Beatriz A., Rey, Isabel & Taylor, Steven J., 2023, Description of a new species of Hobbsinella (Crustacea, Bathynellacea, Bathynellidae) from Colorado (USA) based on morphological and molecular characters, European Journal of Taxonomy 891 (1), pp. 87-109 : 95-96

Genus Hobbsinella Camacho, Hutchins, Schwartz, Dorda, Casado & Rey, 2018

Type species

Hobbsinella edwardensis Camacho, Hutchins, Schwartz, Dorda, Casado & Rey, 2018

Amended diagnosis

AI and AII seven-segmented. AII longer than AI. Md palp sexually-dimorphic. Endopod of ThI to VII each four-segmented.Male ThVIII of globular aspect; penial region with two small lobes, inner lobe, and a frontal projection, and with a group of small denticles at base; basipod large, vertical, with frontal crest provided with teeth and lateral rim of spines and one distal seta and a large outer protuberance completly integrated on coxopod; exopod very elongated, as long as preceding thoracopods, with five setae; endopod with two setae of different size. Female ThVIII with a reduced ‘seta’ on coxopod or without seta; epipod very large; exopod longer than endopod. Uropod: sympod with five spines; endopod with three or four spines. Furcal rami with second spine sligthly longer than rest, which are all equal in length.