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
e10e53f2-0e1b-46f6-8b0f-af19d5529711
1175-5326
3769771
2419A7F0-5AED-47EC-86BB-06AADB2A4BD9
Mesolamprops abyssalis
Reyss, 1978a
Mesolamprops abyssalis
Reyss, 1978a: 7–10
, fig. 3A–F, fig. 4A–G.
Type
material.
Deposition
unknown.
Gay Head
,
Bermuda
Transect
,
36°23’N
,
67°58’W
. Not seen
.
Diagnosis
. Carapace without lateral ridges, dorsal crest entire. Pleon not including telson equal to carapace and pereonites together. Telson without lateral setae, 5 terminal setae.
Adult male
antennal flagellum short, not extending to end of pereon; pleopod rami equal, uniarticulate.
Depth
.
4667–4862 m
.
Distribution
. North Atlantic, 35–
37°N
, 63–
68°W
.
Remarks
. The only other species in
Mesolamprops
that have five terminal setae on the telson are
M. bispinosus
and
M. japonicus
, but in
M. abyssalis
the terminal setae are nearly equal in the female, and in the male the central seta is the longest. However, in
M. bispinosa
and
M. japonicus
the outer most pair of terminal setae are the longest, and the inner pair are shorter than the central seta. In addition, the pseudorostrum is distinctly produced in
M. abyssalis
, while
M. bispinosa
and
M. japonicus
hasve no obvious anteriorly projecting pseudorostrum.