Glossomaera, Krapp-Schickel, 2009

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2009, Maeridae, the Ceradocus group *, Zootaxa 2260 (1), pp. 598-642 : 614

Glossomaera gen. nov.

Type species. Maera octodens Sivaprakasam, 1968 .

Etymology. From the Greek "glossa" meaning "tongue" referring to the thickened upper lip.

Diagnosis. Eyes oval. Lateral cephalic lobe broad, with anteroventral notch, anteroventral corner subquadrate. Upper lip thickened. Mandible palp article 3 subequal to article 2; maxilla 1 inner plate slender, maxilla 2 inner plate without mediofacial row of setae. Gnathopod 2 asymmetrical. Pereopod bases distally narrowing. Epimera 1–2 without shallow excavation posterodistally, epimeron 3 serrate on posterior margin. Telson lobes with shallow excavation distally.

Included species. G. octodens ( Sivaprakasam, 1968) ; G. lindsae (Myers, 1989) .

Remarks. The type species was added to Linguimaera by Lowry & Springthorpe (2005: 3), but some characters do not match to this otherwise quite homogeneous genus (see also below): the eyes are roundedoval (vs. reniform in all Linguimaera ), mandible palp article 3 is subequal in length to article 2 (always clearly shorter in Linguimaera ), epimera 1 and 2 have a sharply pointed posterodistal corner (blunt corners followed by a characteristic shallow excavation in Linguimaera ).