Cumacea from the continental shelf of Angola and Namibia with descriptions of new species
Author
Bochert, Ralf
Author
Zettler, Michael L.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2978
1
33
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.200990
4f504d65-4f1b-4038-bfe8-664d33cb0037
1175-5326
200990
Upselaspis caparti
(
Fage, 1951
)
Cyclapsoides caparti
Fage, 1951
: 5
, figs. 2–4.
Upselaspis caparti
Jones, 1955
: 284
;
Jones 1956
: 197
;
Bäcescu 1972
;
Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 1996
: 127
, pl. 4, figs. 15–18.
Material examined.
1 adult
male,
4.4 mm
(St. 34: grab sampling;
18°23.116´S
,
11°55.289´E
) [
ZMB
27916];
1 adult
male,
4.4 mm
(St. 17: grab sampling;
17°00.124´S
,
11°41.719´E
)
Remarks.
The specimens, both adult males each
4.4 mm
in total length, correspond in all details with earlier descriptions. The individuals were slightly longer than that from
South Africa
(Day, 1978).
Distribution.
North West Africa (
Mauritania
), West Africa (
Namibia
,
Angola
),
South Africa
(Saldanha),
0–
78 m
.