Alamprops comatus Gerken 2018, n. comb.

• Main Author: Gerken, Sarah
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Cumacea; Lampropidae; Alamprops; Alamprops comatus; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799448; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87BAFFE12E2664FFFB54D6B4CC98

Alamprops comatus (Zimmer, 1907) n. comb. Lamprops (?) comatus Zimmer, 1907: 373. Type material. Holotype: ZMB 18 338, female, Antarctic, 65°15’S, 80°12’E. Diagnosis . Carapace without lateral ridges; eyelobe not extending to anterior border of pseudorostrum. Telson without lateral setae, 5 subequal terminal setae. Uropod peduncle with 3 medial setae; uropod exopod unknown. Male unknown. Depth . 3423 m. Distribution . Antarctic, 65°15’S, 80°12’E. Remarks . Alamprops comatus is most similar to A. tomalesi , and can be differentiated by having the lateral margins of the telson serrate, whereas the lateral margins are entire in A. tomalesi . In addition, A. comatus is known from the deep Antarctic, while A. tomalesi is known from shallow waters off the coast of California. Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 14, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771