Schizotrema bifrons Calman, 1911

Petrescu, Iorgu, 2018, On the Family Nannastacidae (Crustacea, Cumacea) from the Australian Museum Collection, Records of the Australian Museum 70 (1), pp. 1-111 : 45

Schizotrema bifrons Calman, 1911

Fig. 49

Schizotrema bifrons Calman, 1911: 362–363 . Watling, 1991: 755. Băcescu, 1992: 260.

Schizotrema aculeatum Hale, 1936 . Stoddart & Lowry, 2003: 418.

Material examined: 1♂, P.90814.

Remarks. The species was described by Calman from India based on a female. The present male presents an integument with stronger spines, without low lateral row of spines and anterolateral process ( Fig. 51 A, B ); endopod of uropod 1.7 exopod length, longer than in female of Calman ( Fig. 49 C ).

Distribution. Previously known only from India, at 2–9 m depth. The species is now recorded from Australia: WA— Cape Range National Park, at 1.5 m depth.

Figures

Figure 49. Schizotrema bifrons Hale, 1936. Male (A) body, lateral view; (B) carapace, dorsal view; (C) uropod. Scales: A, B 0.3 mm; C 0.1 mm.

Figure 51. Schizotrema leswatlingi sp. nov. Holotype female (A) body, lateral view; (B) body, drosal view; (C) antenna 1; (D) maxilliped 3; (E) pereopod 1; (F) pereopod 2; (G) pereopod 3; (H) pereopod 4; (I) pereopod 5; (J) uropod; (K) tip of uropodal endopod, detail.Scales: A,B 0.3 mm; C 0.1 mm; D–J 0.1 mm; K 0.1 mm.