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
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Université de Bordeaux, Station Marine d’Arcachon, 2 rue du Professeur Jolyet, 33120 Arcachon, France.
benoit.gouillieux@u-bordeaux.fr
Author
Labrune, Céline
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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
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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.