Califarcturus Poore, 2015, n. gen.
Califarcturus n. gen. Type species. Microarcturus tannerensis Schultz, 1966, herein designated and by monotypy. Diagnosis. Head, pereonites and all pleonites each with transverse rows of submedian, sublateral and lateral tubercles bearing bead-like spheres; pleotelson with short oblique lateral tube...
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| Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/6109373 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109373 |
| Summary: | Califarcturus n. gen. Type species. Microarcturus tannerensis Schultz, 1966, herein designated and by monotypy. Diagnosis. Head, pereonites and all pleonites each with transverse rows of submedian, sublateral and lateral tubercles bearing bead-like spheres; pleotelson with short oblique lateral tubercles. Eyes absent. Male pleopod 1 exopod with well defined groove opening at notch about three-quarters along, without ventral tooth. Etymology. For California, combined with Arcturus, a commonly used genus stem. Remarks. Microarcturus tannerensis Schultz, 1966 has remained without a valid genus name for almost 50 years, Microarcturus being a nomen nudum (Poore 2003). The species is still known only from its holotype. Its unique male pleopod 1 does not allow it to be placed in any known valviferan genus. The setation of pereopods 2– 4 excludes the species from Antarcturidae and other similar families. Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., 2015, Thermoarcturidae, a new crustacean family of three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera), pp. 409-418 in Zootaxa 4007 (3) on page 411, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/245508 |
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