Chalarostylis elegans Norman 1879

• Main Author: Gerken, Sarah
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Cumacea; Lampropidae; Chalarostylis; Chalarostylis elegans; McCarthy; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3799406; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799406

Chalarostylis elegans Norman, 1879 Chalarostylis elegans Norman, 1879: 65.—Gerken & McCarthy, 2007: 150–153, figs 1–2. Type material. Holotype: NHM 1911.11.8.6024, adult male. Off Rockall, Porcupine Bight. Other material. Female, NHM 2006.1187; 2 adult males, MNHN CU-477; 1 subadult female, MNHN CU- 459. Diagnosis. Carapace, pereon and pleon with few or no setae. Carapace dorsal crest serrated. Pereopod 1 with serrate carinae on carpus and propodus. Telson with 3 pairs of lateral setae, with 3 terminal setae. Adult male antennule main flagellum article 1 with cluster of aesthetascs. Telson with 2 pairs of lateral setae. Additional description. Male with pair of penial lobes. Depth. 199–3178 m. Distribution. Western North Atlantic, 34°20’– 54°21.6’N, 4°50’– 27°00.2’W. Remarks. Chalarostlyis elegans is similar to C. guanchi, but C. guanchi is covered with long setae on the carapace, pereon and pleon, while C. elegans has only a few setae on the anterior part of the carapace. In addition, in C. elegans the dorsal crest is serrated while in C. guanchi the dorsal crest is entire. Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 48, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771