Luisacaprella, Guerra-García, 2020

Guerra-García, J. M., 2020, A new genus and species of Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Kiribati, Journal of Natural History 53 (45 - 46), pp. 2817-2832 : 2818-2819

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2020.1752405

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1F5A24BE-A7AC-4D3C-A087-F7284F84A2DC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608850

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E5FD25-0472-F85A-2901-18E4FE4AFE7F

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Luisacaprella
status

gen. nov.

Luisacaprella View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Head fused (suture present) with pereonite 1. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Flagellum of antenna 1 more than two-articulate. Flagellum of antenna 2 two-articulate, swimming setae absent. Mandible molar present; mandible palp three-articulate, setal formula 2-x-1. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pereopods 3 and 4 two-articulate. Pereopod 5 weak, six-articulate, distal article vestigial. Pereopods 6 and 7 six-articulate. Abdomen without appendages.

Type species

Luisacaprella eliae View in CoL sp. nov.

Etymology

The genus Luisacaprella is dedicated to Luisa Xarrié Blázquez, M. Luisa García Xarrié, M. Luisa Guerra García and Luis Ariza Guerra, grandmother, mother, sister and nephew of the author, respectively.

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