The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World
Author
Gerken, Sarah
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
4428
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
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Pseudolamprops abyssi
(
Gamô, 1989a
)
n. comb.
Hemilamprops
(?)
abyssi
Gamô 1989a: 29–32
, fig. 10; 1989b, 100–101.
Type material.
Holotype
: NSMT-Cr. 9645, subadult female. 38°33.9’–
38°35.5’N
, 145°15.7’–
145°10.1’E
.
Not
seen.
Diagnosis
. Carapace with spines on dorsal surface restricted to pair of lines of spines on anterior dorsal surface, single median line on frontal lobe, and 1 pair of spines on dorsally anterior of eyelobe. Maxilliped 1dactylus subequal to propodus.
Depth
.
5349–5368 m
.
Distribution
.
Japan
Trench,
38°33.9’N
,
145°15.7’E
.
Remarks
. This species has only been collected once, by
Gamô (1989a)
. This species fits the definition of
Pseudolamprops
in that it has a truncate mandible.
Pseudolamprops abyssi
can be distinguished from
P. spinifer
by the pattern of spines on the carapace. In
P. spinifer
there are many spines dorsally on the carapace, but they are not organized into lines. In
P. abyssi
there are fewer spines, they are organized into a pair of dorsal lines on the posterior half of the carapace, a single medial line dorsally on the frontal lobe, comparable to the dorsal crest found in many
Hemilamprops
, and a pair of spines on the pseudorostral lobes anterior of the eyelobe.