Kalliapseudes messingi Drumm, 2007

DRUMM, DAVID T. & HEARD, RICHARD W., 2011, Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Zootaxa 3142 (1), pp. 1-172 : 83

Kalliapseudes messingi Drumm, 2007

Kalliapseudes messingi Drumm, 2007: 10–19 , Figs. 7–12.

Type material. Holotype, female with oostegites ( AM P74740); allotype, adult male ( AM P74741); paratype, one subadult male ( AM P74742).

Material examined. Holotype, allotype, paratype.

Diagnosis. Rostrum rounded. Pereonites 2 and 3 lacking anterolateral apophysis. Pleotelson tapering posteriorly to indented tip, lacking two long terminal plumose setae. Antennule first peduncle article lacking ventral spiniform setae; accessory flagellum of four articles; main flagellum of male with dense clusters of aesthetascs on proximal articles and decreasing in number distally. Antenna first peduncle article with one short simple seta on outer distal corner; third peduncle article with two plumose setae on inner margin. Labrum complex lacking cusps. Terminal spiniform seta of mandibular palp approximately five times as long as broad. Female cheliped fixed finger and dactylus cutting edge with spinules interspersed with round tubercles. Male cheliped with fixed finger cutting edge having large triangular tooth. Cheliped and pereopod 1 exopodite with three plumose setae. Pereopods 2 and 3 dactylus with digitiform lobe bearing more than five aesthetascs. Pereopods 4 and 5 dactylus with more than five aesthetascs. Pereopod 5 propodus lacking short bipinnate setae on both inner and outer surfaces. Pereopod 6 propodus with few subterminal long simple setae on outer surface. Male pereopod 6 dactylus longer than ischium, merus, carpus and propodus combined, with at least one subterminal seta. Female pereopod 6 dactylus with several subterminal setae. Uropod basal article approximately two times as long as broad; exopodite with two articles.

Type locality. Eastern Indian Ocean , NW Australia (Fig. 1, number 20) .

Geographic distribution. Known from the type locality only.

Remarks. This species is the first member of the genus to be reported from the northwest continental shelf of Australia.