Scherocumella Watling 1991

Gerken, Sarah, 2012, 3524, Zootaxa 3524, pp. 1-124 : 109

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7FB59949-FD45-4F28-9B48-B6752C67F3D5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257877

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF878A-DF2D-726A-A6EF-FE5EFD65FCF3

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scientific name

Scherocumella Watling 1991
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Scherocumella Watling 1991 View in CoL

Type species. Nannastacus longirostris G.O. Sars 1879 View in CoL .

Diagnosis after Watling 1991. Ocular lobe divided, eyes dorsolateral; siphons united medially; pseudorostral lobe elongate; female with exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 2; male with exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 4; uropod peduncle longer than pleonite 6.

New Zealand species. Scherocumella pilgrimi ( Jones 1963) .

Remarks. This genus is unique among the nannastacid species known from New Zealand in possessing a split eye lobe with lenses on each side. This is the only nannastacid known from shallow, inshore waters, Menzies Bay and Lyttleton Harbour ( Jones 1963).

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