Leviapseudes tethys (Tanaidacea: Apseudidae), a new species from a submarine canyon of the French Mediterranean Sea, with remarks and a diagnosis for the genus Author Gouillieux, Benoit D0BE2D38-05DC-4DE0-BEE2-D458ED5C3299 Université de Bordeaux, Station Marine d’Arcachon, 2 rue du Professeur Jolyet, 33120 Arcachon, France. benoit.gouillieux@u-bordeaux.fr Author Labrune, Céline 9200C8BA-E199-46B8-8727-BCF01DBC383A CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques, LECOB UMR 8222, F- 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. celine.labrune@obs-banyuls.fr Author Esquete, Patricia DD6A9296-5310-4816-A125-9E37691E14AF Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Center of Environmental and Marine Studies), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal. pesquete@ua.pt text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-07-06 879 24 37 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.879.2157 journal article 58546 10.5852/ejt.2023.879.2157 5adbe3ae-de74-4588-af42-bdc46a91c6f6 2118-9773 8135459 257ADF8E-ABF1-44AA-A045-549990CB1879 Genus Leviapseudes Sieg, 1983 Diagnosis (amended after Larsen 2012 ) Female Rostrum present. Cephalothorax with spiniform processes on branchial chambers. Pereonites with lateral processes. Pereonite 6 longer than wide. Pleonites narrower than pereonite 6. Cheliped carpus as long as or longer than fixed finger. Pereopod 1 merus longer than carpus. Pereopod 4 dactylus/unguis sometimes reduced to a claw. Male As female, but pereonite 6 with clearly identifiable genital cone. Antennule after terminal molt with numerous aesthetascs. Pereopod 4 dactylus/unguis, if reduced to a claw, less evident than in female. Pleonites always with lateral epimera, and epimera larger than in female. Remarks The most recent diagnosis of Leviapseudes , provided by Larsen (2012) , included a bi-articulated pleopod exopod, when present, as a distinguishing character. However, a number of species within the genus present a pleopod endopod with one article, namely: L. aberrans ( Lang, 1968 ) , L. angelikae , L. demerarae Bacescu, 1984 and L. longissimus Bacescu, 1982 . Therefore, we amend the diagnosis deleting this character. The presence of a rostrum (absent in Fageapseudes Bacescu & Gutu, 1971 ), as well as the presence of spiniform processes on the branchial chambers and presence of lateral processes on the pereonites (verified for all species of Leviapseudes ) have been added.