Califarcturus Poore, 2015, n. gen.

• Main Author: Poore, Gary C. B.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Thermoarcturidae; Califarcturus; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109373; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF48651D1BCF0DFF248E90BF82FADE

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