Kerguelenia kawatiri, Lowry & Stoddart, 2010

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2010, Kergueleniidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters, Zootaxa 2564 (1), pp. 1-30 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2329.1.3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5308688
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F936C54E-0A47-FFFA-8388-F696FC3D9A82
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kerguelenia kawatiri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Kerguelenia kawatiri View in CoL sp. nov.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE, female, 3.5 mm, AM P.69010, east of Cape Naturaliste , Tasmania, Australia, 40°45.94’S 149°01.62’E to 40°46.54’S 149°00.27’E, 2400–2500 m, mud and clay, 10 December 1986, R. T. Springthorpe, RV Franklin stn FR1086-04. GoogleMaps

Type locality. East of Cape Naturaliste , Tasmania, Australia, 40°45.94’S 149°01.62’E GoogleMaps to 40°46.54’S 149°00.27’E, 2400–2500 m depth.

Etymology. Named for the steamship Kawatiri , wrecked in 1907 while trying to enter Macquarie Harbour through Hells Gates in Tasmania.

Diagnostic description. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 not or only slightly produced dorsodistally. Mandible incisor absent; left lacinia mobilis absent; accessory spine row absent; molar absent. Maxilla 1 outer plate with 5 setal-teeth, setal-teeth without cusps; palp 2-articulate. Maxilliped palp article 2 longer than broad, length 1.8 x breadth. Gnathopod 1 basis margins subparallel; ischium very long, length 4 x breadth; carpus very long, length 4.3 x breadth, subequal to (1 x) propodus; propodus tapered distally, length 5 x breadth. Pereopods 3 and 4 propodus with short distal locking seta. Pereopod 5 basis linear, without posteroventral lobe; merus moderately expanded posteriorly. Pereopod 7 basis with posteroventral lobe extending about halfway along merus; merus posteroventral lobe extending more than halfway along, but not beyond, carpus. Pleonite 3 without dorsodistal boss. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner subquadrate. Uropod 1 rami without robust setae. Uropod 3 uniramous; outer ramus 2-articulate. Telson shorter than broad, length about 0.9 x breadth.

Remarks. Kerguelenia kawatiri belongs to a group of species ( K. antarctica , K. compacta and K. macropoda ) in which the basis of pereopod 5 is linear and uropod 3 is uniramous. It can be distinguished from K. antarctica by the absence of any dorsodistal production on peduncular article 1 of antenna 1; and from the other two species by the presence of a minute second article on the ramus of uropod 3.

The holotype female has an oostegite on pereopod 5 only.

Distribution. South-eastern Australia, in 2400–2500 m depth.