Disentangling an Asian puzzle: Two new bathynellid (Crustacea, Syncarida, Parabathynellidae) genera from Vietnam
Author
Camacho, Ana Isabel
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-09-15
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500218524
journal article
10.1080/00222930500218524
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Paraeobathynella
n. g.
Genus diagnosis
Antennule (A.I) has seven segments and subterminal aesthetascs on the last segment. Antenna (A.II) has six segments, the fourth without setae. Mandible (Md) with protuding
pars molaris
. Maxillule (Mx.I) with proximal endite with four teeth and distal endite with seven teeth. Exopods of Th 1–7 with more than two segments; basipod of Th 1 with two setae. Thoracopod (Th)
8 male
: large with very well-developed endopod which has two terminal setae; exopod very large, longer than wide and overhanging the basipod and is on the distal face of the basipod; inner lobe completely integrated into the basal region; rounded outer lobe is not fused with basipod; basipod trapezoidal with a protuberance on the internal lateral edge. Th
8 female
: large and almost square, with a long terminal seta and small teeth. No pleopods. Ventral seta of the pleotelson in the basal part of the furca. Sympod of uropod with subequal spines; endopod with two spines and two apical setae.
Type
species.
Paraeobathynella vietnamensis
n. sp.