Cyclaspis argus Zimmer 1902

Gerken, Sarah, 2013, New Zealand Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), Zootaxa 3630 (1), pp. 1-38 : 18

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6164539

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/261B5627-FFD3-FFC3-C3F3-E3FAFE4D0C22

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scientific name

Cyclaspis argus Zimmer 1902
status

 

Cyclaspis argus Zimmer 1902 View in CoL

Synonymy. Cyclaspis bistriata in Zimmer 1902; C. biplicata in Calman 1907; C. bistriata in Zimmer 1913, Stebbing 1913, Calman 1917.

Diagnosis. Female. Carapace finely pitted; 0.7 as high as long; eyelobe with distinct lenses; antennal notch open; anteroventral corner smooth. Pereonite 1 visible only from side. Pereonite 2 produced as large dorsal tooth directed anteriorly. Pleon with lateral articular pegs. Uropod peduncles longer than or equal to pleonite 6; endopod subequal to exopod; endopod with single seta medially; exopod with several setae. Male. Carapace less arched than in female, ridges present but fainter; eyelobe with more lenses; antennal notch oblique; appendages with more setae than in female. Uropod peduncles longer than pleonite 6, rami subequal.

Remarks. In the New Zealand Cyclaspis fauna, this species can easily be distinguished by the posterior pair of vertical ridges on the carapace.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Cumacea

Family

Bodotriidae

Genus

Cyclaspis

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