Scherocumella pilgrimi ( Jones 1963 )

Gerken, Sarah, 2012, 3524, Zootaxa 3524, pp. 1-124 : 109-110

Scherocumella pilgrimi ( Jones 1963)

Figure 63

Diagnosis after Watling 1991. Female. Carapace not vaulted; pseudorostral lobes and siphons united at midline; eyelobe divided, dorsolateral. Antennule peduncle article shorter than or equal to article 3. Exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 2. Uropod peduncle longer than pleonite 6; exopod basal article normal, terminal seta no longer than exopod. Male. With exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 4.

Material examined. None.

Remarks. This species is somewhat similar to the species of Aotearocumella in body form, but it can easily be distinguished by the eyelobe.

Schizocuma B ă cescu 1972

Type species. Schizocuma vemae Băcescu 1972

Diagnosis after Watling 1991. Ocular lobe not divided, or incompletely divided; pseudorostral lobes and siphons separated; female with exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 2; male with exopods on maxilliped 3-pereopod 4; uropod peduncle much longer than pleonite 6.

New Zealand species. Schizocuma delicata n. sp.

Remarks. This genus is easily distinguishable from all other nannastacids from New Zealand waters by the split siphons.