Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kutaissiana ( Sadowsky, 1930 )

Marin, Ivan, 2017, Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kumistavi sp. nov., a new species of stygobiotic atyid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Kumistavi Cave, Imereti, Western Georgia, Caucasus, Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 576-588 : 578

Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kutaissiana ( Sadowsky, 1930)

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Xiphocaridinella kutaissiana Sadowsky, 1930: 95 [type locality: Kutaisi , western Georgia].

Material examined. Neotype: 1 ovigerous, (pcl. 9.5 mm, tl. 27.0 mm), ZMMU Ma 5833, MF287657 , Western Georgia, Kutaisi near Godogni bridge, 42°16'19.62"N 42°44'1.63"E, southern part of Tskaltsitela River valley (Tskaltsitela Canyon), in small subterranean stream flowing from Tskaltsitela Cave, about 135 meters above sea level, coll. A. Sokolova & D. Palatov, 12 Sept. 2016; 5 non-ovigerous females, 7 males, ( LEMMI), same locality and date as neotype.

Body size. The largest collected female has tbl. 9.7 mm, pcl. 27.0 mm; the largest collected male has tbl. 7.0 mm, pcl. 22.0 mm.

Distribution. The species is known from Tskaltsitela Cave (42°16'19.62"N 42°44'1.63"E), Kutaisi, Western Georgia, Caucasus suggested as type locality for neotype. The type locality of the species within Kutaisi (according to Sadowsky, 1930) remains unknown and probably presented by an underground stream discovered during the construction (see Sadowsky, 1930) and lately covered with the rock again; inaccessible at the moment.

GenBank accession numbers. MF287657 , MF287655 , MF287656 .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kutaissiana Sadowsky, 1930 from Tskaltsitela Cave, Kutaisi, Western Georgia, non-ovigerous females: a— front of carapace, dorsal view; b, c— front of carapace and rostrum, lateral view; d— telson; epereiopod I; f— pereiopod II.