A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae)
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Kilgallen, N. M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-26
3867
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1
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Euonyx urania
sp. nov.
(
Figs 10–12
)
Types.
Holotype
, female, 19.0 mm,
AM
P.68881, east of
Broken Bay
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
(
33°35.0’S
152°05.0’E
to 37°37.0’S 152°05.0’E),
1144 m
, dredge
10 December 1980
,
FRV
Kapala
[K80-20-10].
Type locality.
East of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia (33°35.0’S 152°05.0’E to 37°37.0’S 152°05.0’E),
1144 m
depth.
Etymology.
Named for the sailing vessel
Urania
lost off the central
New South Wales
coast in
December 1876
; used as a noun in apposition.
Description.
Based on
holotype
, female, 19.0 mm. Head, lateral cephalic lobe subtriangular, apically acute and slightly upturned; eyes apparently absent.
Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 with well-developed anterodistally rounded lobe
; accessory flagellum with an elongate article 1 (at least twice as long as article 2) partially covering callynophore, 6-articulate, terminal article not offset; primary flagellum with strong 2-field callynophore; robust setae present on proximal articles; calceoli absent. Antenna 2 peduncle articles 3 to 5 not enlarged, brush setae absent; flagellum long; calceoli absent.
Labrum
, epistome and upper lip separate; epistome less produced than upper lip, slightly concave;
upper lip produced, downward-pointing and acute apically
. Mandible incisor small, left and right slightly asymmetrical; molar absent; palp attached about midway, article 2 with central bulge. Maxilla 1 outer plate setal-tooth 7 present, not cuspidate; palp distal margin with apical robust setae. Maxilla 2 inner plate significantly shorter than outer plate. Maxilliped outer plate apical robust setae absent (with 3 subapical robust setae along inner margin).
FIGURE 10.
Euonyx urania
sp. nov.
, holotype, female, 19.0 mm, AM P.68881, from east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
FIGURE 11.
Euonyx urania
sp. nov.
, holotype, female, 19.0 mm, AM P.68881, from east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
FIGURE 12.
Euonyx urania
sp. nov.
, holotype, female, 19.0 mm, AM P.68881, from east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
Gnathopod 1
chelate; coxa vestigial, significantly shorter than coxa 2, subquadrate; basis sparsely setose along anterior margin;
ischium very long (length 4 × to 6 × breadth); carpus very long (length more than 4 × breadth), longer than propodus
, without posterior lobe; propodus margins subparallel, palm obtuse, entire, straight; dactylus simple. Gnathopod 2 propodus palm slightly acute. Pereopod 4 coxa with a well-developed posteroventral lobe.
Pereopod 5 coxa without distinct lateral ridge; basis broader than long, posterior margin weakly or not serrate. Pereopod 7 basis posterodistally produced less than halfway along merus.
Pleonite 3 without mid-dorsal carina, not produced dorsodistally, posterodorsal margin not produced. Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth, posteroventral corner forming, weak spine.
Urosomite 1
not projecting over urosomite 2, with a weakly produced,
broadly truncated boss
. Uropod 2 inner ramus without constriction. Peduncle without dorsolateral flange; outer ramus article 2 short, without plumose setae on rami.
Telson deeply cleft
.
Sexually dimorphic characters.
Unknown.
Depth range.
1144 m
.
Remarks.
See remarks under
E. chelatus
.
Distribution.
Australia
.
New South Wales
.