Platytyphlops ledoyeri Gerken 2018, n. comb. ...

• Main Author: Gerken, Sarah
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Cumacea; Lampropidae; Platytyphlops; Platytyphlops ledoyeri; Seta; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799264; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3799264

Platytyphlops ledoyeri (Reyss, 1978a) n. comb. Paralamprops ledoyeri Reyss, 1978a: 12–15, figs 6–7. Type material. Syntypes: MNHN. Bermuda Transect, North Atlantic, 36°23’N, 67°58’W. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace with 1 pair lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.8 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, central seta longest. Uropod endopod article 1 1.1 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male antennule accessory flagellum and main flagellum equal in length. Antennal flagellum extending to posterior border of pleonite 6. Depth. 4680–4749 m. Distribution. Bermuda Transect, North Atlantic, 36°23’N, 67°58’W. Remarks. Platytyphlops ledoyeri is unique within the genus in having a single ridge dorsal and parallel to the marginal carina, and a short pair of dorso-medial ridges posteriorly. The rest of the species in the genus can be divided into ... : Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771 ...