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 c8e4dc51-0611-47ec-8000-dea61108ceff 1464-5262 7049378 9AD78AF7-A9E1-4F12-92E6-731E5D86426B 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 ).