Bodotria, GOODSIR, 1843

Haye, Pilar A., 2007, Systematics of the genera of Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151 (1), pp. 1-58 : 14-16

BODOTRIA GOODSIR, 1843

Type species: Bodotria (Bodotria) arenosa arenosa Goodsir, 1843

Body: Carapace shorter than abdomen and variable in length with respect to peraeon; abdomen variable in length with respect to carapace and peraeon together.

Cephalothorax: From dorsal view the carapace may be laterally compressed anteriorly. Carapace may have mid-dorsal, dorso-lateral and/or lateral ridges. Pseudorostral lappets may extend beyond frontal lobe and meet in midline, extend towards midline but not meet (or partially meet leaving a space between them) or are widely separated. Antennal notch as a depression, subacute or acute incision. Anterolateral corner bluntly rounded, with subacute or acute tooth. Frontal lobe 1/3–1/2 the total carapace length; width and length variable; anteriorly linguiform, may be somewhat extended; may have ocular pigment and/or eye lenses.

Antenna 1 with basal article of the peduncle geniculate, arcuate or straight; longer than or as long as the other two articles together; males may have a group of aesthetascs on distal margin of peduncle. Main flagellum bi- or tri-articulated, with second article longer than third; with one or more aesthetascs in distalmost article; may have two or a group of aesthetascs on proximal article. Accessory flagellum uni-articulated; may have aesthetasc. Males with antenna 2 reaching end of pleon; with sensory setae on anterior margin of article four. Antenna 2 in females with two articles.

Maxilliped 3 basis geniculate or arcuate; slightly extended dorso-distally over ischium or projecting beyond the articulation of the ischium and merus. Ischium longer or same size as merus. Merus may have dorso-distal projection over carpus. Carpus distally widened and/or oviform; variable in length relative to propodus and dactylus together. Propodus may be oviform and/or distally widened.

Peraeon: First peraeonite well exposed, visible only above lateral midline or not visible. Peraeonite 2 wide or proportional to other peraeonites; may have ventrolateral expansion overriding peraeonite 1 and/or carapace, peraeonite 3 or peraeonite 1 and/or carapace and peraeonite 3. Peraeonite 3 may have ventrolateral expansion extended forward overriding peraeonite 2, backwards overriding peraeonite 4 or forward and backwards overriding peraeonites 2 and 4. Peraeonite 4 may have ventrolateral expansion overriding peraeonite 3, peraeonite 5 or peraeonites 3 and 5.

Peraeopod 1 with basis arcuate or straight; may have row of setae; inner apical angle may be extended to form a subtriangular tooth-like process or a convex process; may have row of setae on the carpus; with or without setae in a linear arrangement along propodus; carpus longer than or equal to propodus; dactylus with or without three terminal setae. Peraeopod 2 with or without ischium; dactylus longer than propodus. Peraeopod 4 with ischium.

Pleon: Pleonite 6 longer than wide or as long as wide; shorter than peduncle of uropod; may have two setae close to midline on posterior edge of pleonite 6. Whole width or wide portion of distal end of pleonite 6 may be slightly or well produced between the bases of the uropods; ending in a point, a line or in a rounded apex. Anal plates may extend posteriorly beyond distal margin of pleonite 6, and may bear setae on posterior margin.

Uropod endopod uni- or bi-articulated; proximal article longer than distal one. Uropod exopod with proximal article shorter than distal one. Peduncle of uropods much longer than rami; rami approximately same length or exopod longer than endopod. Males with five pairs of pleopods. Pleopodal endopod with well-developed or reduced process.

Species included:

1. Bodotria sp. Gamô, 1963

2. Bodotria sp. Toulmond & Truchot, 1964

3. Bodotria sp. Le Loeuff & Intès, 1972

4. Bodortia sp. ( Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 1996b) ( Iphinoe sp. Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 1996b)

Subgenus Atlantobodotria Petrescu, 1998

5. B. (A.) africana Zimmer, 1920

6. B. (A.) armoricana Le Loeuff & Intès, 1977

7. B. (A.) australis Stebbing, 1912

8. B. (A.) bineti Le Loeuff & Intès, 1977

9. B. (A.) choprai Kurian, 1951

10. B. (A.) clara Day, 1978

11. B. (A.) corallina Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2000

12. B. (A.) cribraria Le Loeuff & Intès, 1972

13. B. (A.) elevata Jones, 1960

14. B. (A.) falsinus Day, 1978

15. B. (A.) gibba ( Sars, 1878)

16. B. (A.) intermedia Le Loeuff & Intès, 1977

17. B. (A.) lata Jones, 1956

18. B. (A.) magna Zimmer, 1921 a

19. B. (A.) montagui Stebbing, 1912

20. B. (A.) nitida Day, 1978

21. B. (A.) prionura Zimmer, 1952

22. B. (A.) pulchella ( Sars, 1878)

23. B. (A.) quseirensis Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2000

24. B. (A.) scorpioides ( Montagu, 1804)

25. B. (A.) serica Day, 1978

26. B. (A.) tenuis Day, 1978

27. B. (A.) vertebrata Day, 1978

– B. (A.) vertebrata semicarinata Day, 1978

– B. (A.) vertebrata vertebrata Day, 1978

Subgenus Bodotria Goodsir, 1843

28. B. (B.) alata Bâcescu & Muradian, 1975 29. B. (B.) angusta Harada, 1967

30. B. (B.) arenosa Goodsir, 1843

– B. (B.) arenosa arenosa Goodsir, 1843

– B. (B.) arenosa leloeuffi Corbera & Garcia-Rubies, 1998

– B. (B.) arenosa mediterranea ( Steuer, 1936)

31. B. (B.) arianii Petrescu, 2003

32 B. (B.) armata Tafe & Greenwood, 1996

33. B. (B.) biocellata Radhadevi & Kurian, 1989

34. B. (B.) biplicata Gamô, 1964a ( B. cf. biplicata Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2003 )

35. B. (B.) carinata Gamô, 1964b

36. B. (B.) cochinensis Radhadevi & Kurian, 1989

37. B. (B.) depressa Harada, 1967

38. B. (B.) dispar Harada, 1967

39. B. (B.) glabra Jones, 1955

40. B. (B.) iroensis Harada, 1967

41. B. (B.) laevigata Le Loeuff & Intès, 1977

42. B. (B.) maculosa Hale, 1944

43. B. (B.) minuta Kurian, 1961 ( B. cf. minuta Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2003 )

44. B. (B.) nuda Harada, 1967

45. B. (B.) ovalis Gamô, 1965

46. B. (B.) ozolinshi Tzareva & Vassilenko, 1993

47. B. (B.) parva Calman, 1907a

48. B. (B.) platybasis Radhadevi & Kurian, 1981a 49. B. (B.) pulex ( Zimmer, 1903)

50. B. (B.) rugosa Gamô, 1963

51. B. (B.) serrata Harada, 1967

52. B. (B.) serrulata Gamô, 1965

53. B. (B.) setoensis Harada, 1967

54. B. (B.) similis Calman, 1907a

55. B. (B.) spinifera Gamô, 1986

60. B. (B.) sublevis Calman, 1907a

61. B. (B.) tosaensis Harada, 1967

62. B. (B.) unacarina Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2003

63. B. (B.) sp. nov.1 Tafe & Greenwood, 1996

Remarks: Bodotria minuta Kurian, 1961 is the only species within the genus in which males bear only four pairs of pleopods.

Petrescu (1998) divided the genus Bodotria into two subgenera. Species where the endopod of the uropod is uni-articulated are within the Bodotria (Bodotria) , and those with the endopod of the uropod bi-articulated are within the Bodotria (Atlantobodotria) .

Distribution: The subgenus Atlantobodotria is most commonly found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It can also be found in the Indo-West Pacific and Indian Oceans. Generally found in sand, at depths lower than 80 m, but some species are found at depths of up to 550 m. The subgenus Bodotria is mostly found in the shallow waters of the West Pacific between 50 and 300 m. Bodotria (Bodotria) arenosa is distributed in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean and Black Seas, while B. (B.) arianii is found in shallow waters (18–30 m) in Madagascar, West Indian Ocean.