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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Platytyphlops peringueyi
Stebbing, 1912
Platytyphlops peringueyi
Stebbing, 1912: 159–151
, p. 58–59; 1913: 158, fig. 107
Paralamprops peringueyi
.—
Day 1978: 149–151
, fig. 4A–M.
Type material.
Syntypes
: NHM, PF 17585, PF 17643, ovigerous female and young males.
Off
Cape
Point
,
34°48’S
,
18°03’E
.
Not
seen
.
Diagnosis.
Carapace with 2 pairs of lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 1.0 main flagellum. Pereopod 5 reduced, all articles past basis subequal. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, central seta longest. Uropod endopod broken.
Adult male
carapace with same pattern of ridges as in female. Antennule with cluster of aesthetascs on first article of main flagellum. Pereopod 5 larger than in female, but all articles past basis subequal.
Depth.
369–1394 m
.
Distribution
.
South Africa
, 34°25–48’S, 17°45’–
18°03’E
.
Remarks
.
Platytyphlops peringueyi
is most similar to
P. grimaldii
, but can be differentiated from
P. grimaldii
and all other sculptured
Platytyphlops
by the pair of posterior dorsal ridges being short and produced as a blunt tooth. In all other
Platytyphlops
with many ridges on the carapace, the margin of the ridge in the posterior dorsal (sub median) position is entire or wavy, not produced as a tooth.