Brevisomabathynella, Cho, Joo-Lae, Park, Jong-Geun & Reddy, Y. Ranga, 2006

Cho, Joo-Lae, Park, Jong-Geun & Reddy, Y. Ranga, 2006, Brevisomabathynella gen. nov. with two new species from Western Australia (Bathynellacea, Syncarida): the first definitive evidence of predation in Parabathynellidae, Zootaxa 1247, pp. 25-42 : 26-27

Brevisomabathynella gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Body cylindrical and short. Length/width less than 5. Antennule seven­segmented. Antenna five­segmented. Labrum flat and enormously developed; free margin with narrow teeth (>30). Incisor process of mandible with four main and three tiny additional teeth. Mandibular palp about six times as long as wide. Maxillule with elongated spines on inner edge of distal segment. Maxilla four­segmented, prehensile with long spines on distal two segments. Thoracopods I–VII with exopod consisting of 4–7 segments. Male thoracopod VIII almost rectangular, 1.5 times longer than wide; protopod protruding at disto­inner corner; epipod large, triangular; basipod without setae, inner margin of basipod drawn out into hook­like projection. Uropod with 10–15 homonomous spines on sympod; endopod with two distal spines, two plumose setae near base, three distal, inner spines variable in number; exopod with six or more setae and without basi­ventral setae. Anal operculum slightly concave. Furcal rami elongated, with two large distal spines and five to nine small spines on inner margin.

Type species

Brevisomabathynella cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov., here designated.

Etymology

The generic name refers to the short body (brevi: short; soma: body). Gender feminine.