Remexudes, Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena & Bamber, Roger N, 2007

Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena & Bamber, Roger N, 2007, Parapseudid tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) from Eastern Australia, Zootaxa 1401, pp. 1-32 : 19-20

Genus Remexudes gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Parapseudid with similarities to Saltipedis and Pakistanapseudes , pereopods 4 to 6 with inflated bases; pereopod 2 carpus and propodus flattened, of a swimming type. Cephalon with rostrum and eyes; anterolateral margin of sternal carapace with three or four prominent spine­like apophyses directed anteriorly; six free pereonites and five free pleonites, the latter much wider than long, 7 to 10 plumose dorsolateral setae on each side of pleonite 1; ventral hyposphenia present on posterior of cephalon (cheliped segment) and pereonite 2. Antennule with stout proximal peduncle articles, male antennule with slight secondary multisegmentation and dense fields of aesthetascs. Inner endite of maxillule with outer apophysis, labial palp with slight inner expansion and three distal setae. Pereopod 1 propodus elongate, twice as long as wide; coxa l without spine­like apophysis; Pleopods with slender, elongate rami; uropods biramous, long, multisegmented.

Etymology: From the Latin “remex”, an oarsman, alluding to the “oar­like” pereopod 2, and the suffix “­ udes” from “Apseudes”.

Type species: Remexudes toompani sp. nov. by original designation.

Remarks: the relatively common Australian species described below shows clear affinities to both Saltipedis and Pakistanapseudes , but is clearly distinct owing to the elongate pereopod 1 propodus and the flattened pereopod 2 distal articles, a combination of characters not found in any other parapseudid genus. See also remarks after the species description.