A new deep-sea genus and species of Eriopisidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from the Gulf of Mexico
Author
Ortiz, Manuel
Author
Winfield, Ignacio
Author
Ardisson, Pedro-Luis
text
Journal of Natural History
2022
2022-08-23
56
21 - 24
1109
1121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2101958
journal article
137936
10.1080/00222933.2022.2101958
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1464-5262
7049378
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Bathypisella
gen. nov.
Diagnosis
Head not elongate, subrectangular; eyes absent; antennae without calceoli; antenna 1 peduncle article 2 longer than 1, article 3 the shortest; accessory flagellum articles 1–2 subequal in length, elongate, article 3 vestigial; pleonal and first two urosomal segments dorsally toothed; coxae 1–7 posteroventral notched, coxa 4 without posterior lobe; gnathopods palmar margin oblique; gnathopod 2 larger and stronger in male; uropod 1 peduncle with robust distal seta, an interramal spiniform process; uropod 3 biramous, outer ramus article 2 longer than inner, inner ramus subequal in length to peduncle width; epimera with posteroventral point; telson deeply cleft, each inner lobe margin with 1 robust seta midway; apical setae absent.
Type
species
Bathypisella spinicaudata
sp. nov.
by monotypy (new combination, here selected; female gender).
Etymology
Named for the combination of
Bathy
(a prefix derived from the Greek ‘bathus’ meaning ‘deep’) with the suffix
pisella
(a Latin name from
Eriopisella
, the
type
genus of the second group of
Eriopisidae
).