The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World
Author
Gerken, Sarah
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
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Pseudodiastylis
Calman, 1905
Pseudodiastylis
Calman, 1905: 1
, 16.
Type
species.
Pseudodiastylis ferox
Calman, 1905
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis.
Carapace not dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina absent, eyelobe present, pseudorostral lobes long or short, acute. Antennule flagella unequal, accessory flagellum much less than 0.5 length of article 1 of main flagellum. Mandible navicular. Maxillule palp absent. Pereopod 1 slender. Pereopod 5 longer than pereopod 4 basis. Telson long, at least 0.9 uropod peduncle length, with post–anal constriction. Uropod endopod of 2 articles. Uropod exopod article 1 0.5 length of article 2.
Female
with fully developed exopod on pereopod 2, rudimentary exopods on pereopods 3–4, without pleopods.
Male
with antenna unknown, without penial lobes, with 3 pairs of pleopods.
Species.
Pseudodiastylis benthedii
Ledoyer, 1988
,
P. delamarei
Reyss, 1975
,
P. ferox
Calman, 1905
.
Remarks.
Within the
Lampropidae
, this genus is unusual in having a very short accessory flagellum. The only other genus with a short accessory flagellum is
Austrolamprops
, in which the accessory flagellum is greater than 0.5 the length of the first article of the main flagellum. In
Pseudodiastylis
the accessory flagellum is minute, much less than 0.5 the length of the main flagellum.