Opaepele Williams & Dobbs, 1995

Lunina, Anastasia A. & Vereshchaka, Alexander L., 2010, A new vent shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alvinocarididae) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge *, Zootaxa 2372, pp. 69-74 : 70

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Type species. Opaepele loihi Williams & Dobbs, 1995 .

Emended diagnosis. Rostrum developed but not reaching end of first antennular article; carapace slightly compressed in lateral section, antennal and pterygostomial teeth present; fourth and fifth abdominal somites serrated; posterior margin of telson armed with 2–12 spines; eyestalks partly fused, without papilla; stylocerite separated from first antennular segment; scaphocerite oval, distal lamella exceeding distolateral tooth; first maxilliped with rudimentary exopod; second maxilliped with rudimentary podobranch; pereopods without mastigobranchs; all pleopods provided with well-developed appendix interna.

Composition. Opaepele loihi Williams & Dobbs, 1995 ( Loihi Seamount, off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean) Opaepele susannae Komai, Giere & Segonzac, 2007 (southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 4–9°S), and Opaepele vavilovi sp.n. (northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26°N).

References

Komai, T., Giere, O. & Segonzac, M. (2007) New Record of Alvinocaridid Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Hydrothermal Vent Fields on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, including a New Species of the Genus Opaepele. Species Diversity, 12, 237 - 253.

Williams, A. B. & Dobbs, F. C. (1995) A new genus and species of caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from hydrothermal vents on Loihi Seamount, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108 (2), 228 - 237.