Leptostylis G. O . Sars, 1869

Gerken, Sarah, 2015, New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), Zootaxa 4031 (1), pp. 1-77 : 54

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scientific name	Leptostylis G. O . Sars, 1869
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Type species. Diastylis longimana Sars, 1865 by subsequent designation ( Lomakina, 1958).

Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Carapace globular, pleon narrow. Pereopods 3–4 with rudimentary exopods in female. Telson short with no more than 2 pairs of lateral setae.

Adult male. Antennule greatly expanded, with multitudes of setae on peduncle article 3. Antenna not extending to telson .

Remarks. There are very few species of Leptostylis or the closely related Austroleptostylis in Australian and New Zealand waters.

New Zealand species. Leptostylis wisniewskiae n. sp., L. zealandiensis n. sp.

References

Lomakina, N. (1958) Cumacea of the Seas of the USSR. Opredliteli po faune SSSR, 66, 1 - 301.

Sars, G. O. (1869) Undersogelser over Christianafjordens Dybvandsfauna. Nyt Magazin fur Naturvidenskaberne, 16, 305 - 362.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Cumacea
Family	Diastylidae

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