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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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1
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Stephonyx scutatus
(
Griffiths, 1977
)
Euonyx scutatus
Griffiths, 1977: 98
, fig. 3.—
Barnard & Ingram, 1990: 3
(key).—
Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 485
.
Stephonyx scutatus
.—
Lowry & Stoddart, 1989: 521
.—
Diffenthal & Horton, 2007: 40
(key).—
Senna & Serejo, 2007: 13
(key).—
Narahara
et al.
, 2012: 1505
(key).
Types.
Holotype
female,
16 mm
,
SAM
A13652
.
Type
locality.
Cape
Basin
,
South Atlantic Ocean
(
34°37'S
17°03'E
)
.
Habitat.
Marine.
Depth range.
2900 m
(
Griffiths 1977
).
Remarks.
Stephonyx scutatus
is different from other species of
Stephonyx
in the dorsal body carination and in the peculiar conical hump of coxa 5. The mandibular molar, described as ‘a large plate with raised margins’ is not like the setose tongues or triturating molars usually found in scavenging uristids and particularly in
Stephonyx
.
Distribution.
South Atlantic Ocean
.
Cape
Basin (
Griffiths 1977
).