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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Stenotyphlops
Stebbing, 1912
Stenotyphlops
Stebbing, 1912: 162
;
1913
, 156–157.—
Day, 1978: 143
.
Type
species
.
Stenotyphlops spinulosus
Stebbing, 1912
, by monotypy.
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 1 seta. Pereopod 1 slender. Pereopod 5 much shorter than pereopod 4 basis, reduced to 2 articles. Telson long, more than 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, without pleopods.
Male
with short antenna, extending to end of pereon, without penial lobes, with 3 pairs of pleopods.
Species.
Stenotyphlops spinulosus
Stebbing, 1912
.
Remarks.
This genus was originally described by Stebbing in 1912, from a single specimen. In 1978 J. Day, with additional material, expanded the description to include the adult male. Both Stebbing and Day were working with material from off the coast of
South Africa
.