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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Hemilamprops californicus
Zimmer, 1936
Hemilamprops
?
californica
Zimmer, 1936: 429–431
, fig. 36a–d.
Hemilamprops californica
.—
Gamô, 1962: 199, fig. 34.
Hemilamprops californiensis
.—
Lie, 1969: 21–22.
Type material.
Holotype
;
USNM 71439
, ovigerous female
.
Paratypes
:
USNM 71471
,
2
ovigerous females.
Off
Corona
del Mar,
California
.
Diagnosis.
Carapace with 1 pair lateral ridges, without setae, dorsal crest entire. Telson 1.0 length of uropod peduncles, with 3–5 pairs lateral setae, 5 terminal setae, outermost pair longest, inner pair shortest. Uropod exopod article 1 1.2 length of article 2.
Adult male
shorter than female, antenna extending to posterior border of pleonite 5; telson with 5 pairs lateral setae; uropods more setose than in female.
Depth
.
20–30 m
.
Distribution
. Eastern Pacific, Vancouver to
California
.
Remarks
. Given the remarks of
Harada (1959)
about the substantial differences between his specimens and those of Zimmer, it is likely that the specimens Harada described from
Japan
are not the same species as
H. californicus
Zimmer, 1936
, thus
Japan
is not included in the distribution. The most similar species is
H. pacificus
, which can be distinguished by the different proportions of the uropod exopod. In
H. californicus
article 1 of the uropod exopod is subequal to article 2, while in
H. pacificus
article 1 of the uropod exopod is distinctly shorter than article 2.