Holops pullomen Barahona-Segovia & Guzmán & Pañinao-Monsálvez 2021, sp. nov.
Author
Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
Author
Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
Author
Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
text
Zoological Studies
2021
2021-02-24
60
4
1
10
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055920
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2021.60-04
1810-522X
PMC8292842
34322170
12823473
Genus
Epicepon
Nierstrasz & Brender
à Brandis, 1931
Type
species
:
Epicepon japonicum
Nierstrasz & Brender
à Brandis, 1931 by present designation.
Diagnosis
: Female. Pereomeres without mid-dorsal projections. Pleomeres 1–5 with strongly elongated lateral plates lacking digitation on margins; five pairs of biramous pleopods, endopods much smaller than exopods; uropods well developed, uniramous.
Male
: Pereomeres and pleomeres distinctly segmented. Pleon lacking midventral tubercles, pleopods as low rounded swellings on pleomeres 1–5; pleotelson with large distolateral lobes, lacking true uropods.
Remarks
: Females of species in
Epicepon
can be distinguished from those of other keponine genera in having oostegite 1 not protruding forward, no mid-dorsal processes on any pereomeres, lacking well-developed digitation on the margins of the lateral plates or pleopods, and small pleopodal endopods and large exopods (Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis 1931). Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis (1931) did not designate a
type
species for
Epicepon
; we select
E
.
japonicum
as the
type
species herein.