A new species of Ledoyerella, L. kunensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Kamakidae) from South West Africa
Author
Zettler, Michael L.
Author
Myers, Alan
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-23
4450
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.11
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Ledoyerella
Myers, 1973
Ledoyerella
Myers, 1973
, 266.—
Ledoyer, 1979
, 42.—
Ledoyer, 1983
, 269.—
Barnard & Karaman, 1991
, 206.—
Myers & Lowry, 2003
, 473.
Diagnosis
.
Head
with subocular margin strongly recessed;
accessory flagellum
with 3–5 articles;
labrum
without epistome;
mandible
palp article 2 longest; article 3 subovoid;
uropod
1 peduncle with strong inter-ramal spine;
uropod
3 rami longer than peduncle, outer ramus with small second article, inner ramus with short stout terminal spines. MALE:
coxa
1 smaller than
coxa
2;
gnathopods
1 and 2 of similar size;
gnathopod
1 palm without spine;
gnathopod
2 basis heavily swollen, propodus palm defined by a spine; FEMALE:
gnathopod
2 more robust than
gnathopod
1.
Type species.
Lembos caputphotis
Ledoyer, 1968
.
Included species.
L. caputphotis
(
Ledoyer, 1968
)
,
L. haleiwa
(
J.L. Barnard, 1970
)
,
L. isochelata
(
Ledoyer, 1972
)
,
L. kunensis
sp. nov.
,
?
L. spinosa
Ren, 2006
.
Remarks.
In
L. spinosa
Ren, 2006
, mandibular palp article 3 has a comb of short setae along its posterior margin (absent in
Ledoyerella
) and the maxilliped palp article 2 is very elongate, 3 × as long as broad (about 2 × as long as broad in
Ledoyerella
). The male gnathopods are unknown. For the moment the allocation of this taxon to
Ledoyerella
must remain unconfirmed.