Brevisomabathynella Cho, Park & Reddy, 2006, gen. nov.
Creators
Description
Brevisomabathynella gen. nov.
Diagnosis
Body cylindrical and short. Length/width less than 5. Antennule sevensegmented. Antenna fivesegmented. Labrum flat and enormously developed; free margin with narrow teeth (>30). Incisor process of mandible with four main and three tiny additional teeth. Mandibular palp about six times as long as wide. Maxillule with elongated spines on inner edge of distal segment. Maxilla foursegmented, prehensile with long spines on distal two segments. Thoracopods I–VII with exopod consisting of 4–7 segments. Male thoracopod VIII almost rectangular, 1.5 times longer than wide; protopod protruding at distoinner corner; epipod large, triangular; basipod without setae, inner margin of basipod drawn out into hooklike projection. Uropod with 10–15 homonomous spines on sympod; endopod with two distal spines, two plumose setae near base, three distal, inner spines variable in number; exopod with six or more setae and without basiventral setae. Anal operculum slightly concave. Furcal rami elongated, with two large distal spines and five to nine small spines on inner margin.
Type species
Brevisomabathynella cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov., here designated.
Etymology
The generic name refers to the short body (brevi: short; soma: body). Gender feminine.
Other
Published as part of Cho, Joo-Lae, Park, Jong-Geun & Reddy, Y. Ranga, 2006, Brevisomabathynella gen. nov. with two new species from Western Australia (Bathynellacea, Syncarida): the first definitive evidence of predation in Parabathynellidae, pp. 25-42 in Zootaxa 1247 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172945Files
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.172945 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AE57FFC8FFDC0D71FFBEFF90FFAEDA50 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/526E87B0FFDD0D73FEB6FB64FA85DB86 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Parabathynellidae
- Genus
- Brevisomabathynella
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Bathynellacea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Brevisomabathynella Cho, Park & Reddy, 2006