Platytyphlops crosnieri ( Corbera, 2006 ) Gerken, 2018

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 145

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799268

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scientific name

Platytyphlops crosnieri ( Corbera, 2006 )
status

comb. nov.

Platytyphlops crosnieri ( Corbera, 2006) View in CoL n. comb.

Paralamprops crosnieri Corbera, 2006: 156–159 View in CoL , figs 8–10.

Type material. Holotype: MNHN-Cu1005, adult female. Allotype: MNHN-Cu1006, adult male (broken). Paratypes: MNHN-Cu1007, adult male; MNHN-Cu1008, 5 adult females, 11 preparatory females, 4 preparatory males, 2 damaged individuals. New Caledonia, 22°47.3’S, 167°14.3’E GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Carapace with 3 pairs lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.8 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1 1.1 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male with long antennal flagellum.

Depth. 440 m.

Distribution. New Caledonia, 22°47.3’S, 167°14.3’E.

Remarks. The most similar species is Platytyphlops rossi , which has a distinct ridge on the pseudorostrum, and P. crosnieri has no ridge on the pseudorostrum.

Corbera, J. (2006) Lampropidae (Crustacea, Peracarida, Cumacea) from deep waters of New Caledonia. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 193, 143 - 162.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Cumacea

Family

Lampropidae

Genus

Platytyphlops