Bahiacaris, Schweitzer & Santana & Pinheiro & Feldmann, 2023

Schweitzer, Carrie E., Santana, William, Pinheiro, Allysson & Feldmann, Rodney M., 2023, Validation of Bahiacaris Schweitzer, Santana, Pinheiro & Feldmann (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil, Zootaxa 5318 (2), pp. 299-300 : 299

Bahiacaris n. gen.

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Bahiacaris Schweitzer, Santana, Pinheiro & Feldmann, 2019: 72 [unavailable].

Diagnosis. Carapace high and short; rostrum about 30% total length of carapace, minutely serrate on upper margin. Scaphocerite not extending beyond rostrum. Pleonal somite 2 overlapping somites 1 and 3, variable in size. Telson sharp in lateral view, with apparent square tip in dorsal view; tip with setae; with 2 pairs of movable spines dorsally. Uropodal endopod and exopod narrow, much longer than wide; exopod inner margin weakly serrate, outer margin with setal pits. Third maxillipeds shorter than pereiopods 3–5. Pereiopods 1 and 2 shorter and with more bulbous articles than pereiopods 3–4.

Type species. Atyoida roxoi Beurlen, 1950 , by present designation.

Type age. Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) .

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the state of Bahia in Brazil, where the specimen was collected, and ‘caris’, from the Greek for crab, a common stem in the group. Gender: feminine.

Remarks. A full description and stratigraphic account of Bahiacaris n. gen. is given by Schweitzer et al. (2019).