The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World
Author
Gerken, Sarah
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
4428
1
1
192
journal article
22652
10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pseudoarchaeocuma
n. gen.
Diagnosis.
Carapace dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina present, eyelobe present, pseudorostral lobes short, blunt. Antennule flagella well developed, accessory flagellum at least 0.5 length of main flagellum. Mandible navicular. Maxillule palp with 2 unequal setae. Pereopod 1 unknown. Pereopod 5 shorter than pereopod 4 basis. Telson long, at least 2/3 length of uropod peduncles. Uropod endopod of 3 articles. Uropod exopod article 1 0.2 length of article 2, or less.
Female
with fully developed exopod on pereopod 2, rudimentary exopods on pereopods 3–4, with 2 pairs of small pleopods.
Male
unknown.
Etymology
. The new genus is named
Pseudoarchaeocuma
due to similiarity to the genus
Archaeocuma
in the presence of pleopods in the female. Gender neuter.
Type
species
.
Pseudoarchaeocuma bacescui
.
Remarks
The new genus is similar to
Archaeocuma
; however, the new genus can be separated from
Archaeocuma
by the presence of two pairs of pleopods in the female, rather than one pair as in
Archaeocuma
.