Sophrosynidae, a new family in the Lysianassoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with a revision of the genus Sophrosyne
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Stoddart, H. E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-25
2370
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2370.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2370.1.1
1175-5326
5306939
Sophrosyne integricauda
sp. nov.
(
Figs 8
,
9
)
Type material
.
HOLOTYPE
, female,
3.2 mm
, MV
J60739
, 44 km north-east of
Cape Wickham
,
King Island
,
central Bass Strait
,
Australia
(
39°22.0'S
144°18.3'E
),
60 m
, coarse sand, grab,
R. Wilson
on RV
Tangaroa
,
23 November 1981
, cruise 81-
T-1
(stn BSS-203)
.
PARATYPES
: female,
3.4 mm
, AM P.46682, same data;?female,
2.4 mm
, male,
2.7 mm
, MV J7447, 25 km west-south-west of
Cape Otway
,
western Bass Strait
,
Australia
(
38°55'S
143°25'E
),
67 m
, coarse sand,
G.C.B. Poore
on HMAS
Kimbla
,
8 October 1980
, cruise 80- K-1 (stn BSS-53)
.
Type
locality.
44 km
north-east of
Cape Wickham
,
King Island
,
central Bass Strait
,
Australia
(
39°22.0'S
144°18.3'E
),
60 m
.
Etymology
. The specific name refers to the entire telson of this species, an unusual character in the genus
Sophrosyne
.
Diagnostic description
.
Head
lateral cephalic lobe small, broadly rounded; eyes oval.
Antenna 1
peduncular article 1 short, length 1.4 x breadth; accessory flagellum short, 0.3 x primary flagellum, article 1 long, 3 x article 2; flagellum 6-articulate, without callynophore.
Antenna 2
peduncular article 3 0.6 x article 4; flagellum 5-articulate.
Mandible
incisors with slightly convex margins;
palp article 2
slender, 1.4 x article 3,
with 1 submarginal posterodistal A2-seta
, without D2-setae, article 3 length 4.6 x breadth, without D3- setae, with 4 apical E3-setae.
Maxilla 1
outer plate with setal-teeth in a 2/0 arrangement
.
Maxilla 2
inner and outer plates broad.
Maxilliped
inner plate subovate, without apical nodular robust setae; outer plate submarginal setae long, simple; palp article 2 slender, length 2.5 x breadth, 1.1 x article 3, article 3 slender, length 2.8 x breadth, dactylus with unguis present.
Gnathopod 1
basis length 1.7 x breadth, anterior margin without setae; ischium length 1.1 x breadth; merus, posterior margin lined with long slender setae; carpus length 0.5 x propodus;
propodus
length 1.7 x breadth,
posterior margin
slightly concave,
without setae
, palm margin straight,
posterodistal corner with produced subacute spine bearing vestigial seta
.
Gnathopod 2
minutely subchelate; ischium length 3 x breadth; carpus long, length 3.3 x breadth, posterior margin straight; propodus subrectangular, short, length 1.8 x breadth; palm transverse, with straight margin, with minute robust setae.
Pereopod 3
merus not expanded anteriorly.
Pereopod 4
merus weakly expanded anteriorly.
Pereopod 5
basis moderately expanded posteriorly; merus broadly expanded posteriorly.
Pereopod 6
coxa small, slightly lobate posteriorly; merus expanded posteriorly.
Pereopod 7
basis posterior margin slightly rounded, minutely crenate, posteroventral margin straight, posteroventral lobe not extending beyond ischium; merus not expanded posteriorly; propodus without setae along anterior margin.
Epimeron 3
posterior margin with weak spine above rounded posteroventral corner
.
Urosomite 1
with rounded boss, without lateral flange.
Uropod 1
outer ramus slightly longer than inner ramus; outer ramus with 1 dorsal robust seta; inner ramus without dorsal robust setae.
Uropod 2
rami subequal in length; rami without robust setae.
Uropod 3
peduncle length 0.9 x breadth; rami inner ramus shorter than.
Telson
shorter than broad
, length 0.9 x breadth,
entire
, distal margin rounded, with 2 apical slender setae.
FIGURE 6.
Sophrosyne hispana
Chevreux
, holotype, 2 mm, MOM, off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Scale for MX2 represents 0.05 mm, remainder represent 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 7.
Sophrosyne hispana
Chevreux
, holotype, 2 mm, MOM, off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Scales represent 0.2 mm.
Male
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Antenna 1
with strong 1-field callynophore.
Remarks.
Sophrosyne integricauda
differs from all other species of
Sophrosyne
in the very reduced tooth on the posterodistal corner of epimeron 3 and in the entire telson.
Distribution
. Bass Strait, south-eastern
Australia
, in
60–67 m
depth.