Ensayara carpinei Bellan-Santini, 1974

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Ensayara carpinei Bellan-Santini, 1974

Ensayara carpinei Bellan-Santini, 1974: 3 , figs 1–3.— Diviacco & Ruffo, 1989: 478, fig. 323.— Barnard & Thomas, 1990: 121 (key).— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 484.—Bellan-Santini, 1998: 874 (table 3).— Bellan-Santini & Ruffo, 1998: 900 (table 7).— Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 2002: 315, tab. 1.

Type material. Holotype, male, 3 mm. [Not examined].

Type locality. Off Corsica W, (42°40'30"N, 8°29'00"E), 1900 m depth.

Habitat. Living on wood, 490–1900 m.

Diagnosis. Head lateral cephalic lobe acute. Maxilla 1 palp article 2 with 5 setae. Maxilliped inner plate with 8 robust setae. Coxae 1 to 3 ventral margin with sparse fine setae. Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin smooth, not cuspidate. Pereopod 3 carpus posteroproximal margin slightly produced, subtriangular; propodus palm slightly obtuse, margin weakly convex. Pereopod 7 basis, posteroventral corner subquadrate. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner narrowly rounded. Uropods 1 and 2 rami with robust setae. Uropod 3 outer ramus 2 articulate, article 2 length 1.5 × width; inner ramus subequal to article 1 of outer ramus. Telson as long as broad, length 1 × breadth.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea ( Bellan-Santini 1974; Diviacco & Ruffo 1989).