Carnarvonis gen. nov. and Warregoensis gen. nov.: Two New Genera and Species of Subterranean Amphipods (Crangonyctoidea: Chillagoeidae) Described from North-eastern Australia
Author
King, Rachael A.
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia & School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
Author
Stringer, Danielle N.
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia & School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
Author
Leijs, Remko
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2023
Rec. Aust. Mus.
2023-12-06
75
4
447
457
http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1884
journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1884
2201-4349
10413806
Warregoensis
gen. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
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Type
species
.
Warregoensis lowryi
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
. Body laterally compressed, not vermiform. Eyes absent. Antenna 1 longer than antenna 2, accessory flagellum of two articles. Antenna 2 flagellum shorter than peduncle, calceoli absent. Mandibular palp of 3 articles. Labium (lower lip) lacking inner lobes. Coxae 1–4 distinctly longer than coxae 5–7; coxa 1 distinctly shorter than coxae 2–3; coxa 4 with small but distinct excavated corner on the posterior margin. Gnathopods 1–2 large (propodus as large or larger than head length), not sexually dimorphic; gnathopod 2 propodus slightly longer than in gnathopod 1; gnathopods 1–2 propodus lateral face with distinct excavation above and parallel to palm margin, palm margins crenulate and with 2 excavations, without robust setae along palm margin, with rows of 3 mesial (inner) and 2–3 lateral (outer) robust setae either side of palm corner (where dactyl fits to the propodus). Pereopod 6 and 7 similar lengths, bases narrow (close to 2 times as long as wide). Coxal gills on pereopods 2–7, sternal gills on thoracic segments 2–6, slender, around ½ length of coxal gills. Uropod 3 outer ramus of 1 article, inner ramus absent. Telson cleft to ⅓ depth, with apical setae.
Etymology
. Named for the Warrego River Basin where the
type
specimens of
Warregoensis lowryi
sp. nov.
were collected. Gender: masculine.
Remarks
.
Warregoensis
gen. nov.
can be clearly identified from the large overall size of the adult animals (
6.2 mm
vs
4.5 mm
for
Carnarvonis katjae
sp. nov.
), the large gnathopods 1–2, and crenulations of the palm margin in gnathopods 1–2, telson cleft to ⅓ depth, and pereopod 5–7 bases narrow (close to 2 times as long as wide).