Caprellidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) from deep-sea waters off Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula) with the description of a new genus and three new species
Author
Guerra-García, José M.
Author
Tato, Ramiro
Author
Moreira, Juan
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-18
4532
2
151
202
journal article
27754
10.11646/zootaxa.4532.2.1
c3370dbd-320c-40f4-9708-389231e1a1f8
1175-5326
2615144
A0A5340C-76C7-4EF7-939E-A9C3C6AC568B
Selvacaprella
gen. nov.
Diagnosis.
Flagellum of antenna 1 more than 2-articulate. Flagellum of antenna 2 two-articulate, swimming setae absent. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pereopods 3 and 4 uni-articulate. Pereopod 5 five-articulate. Pereopods 6–7 sixarticulate. Mandible molar present; palp 3-articulate, setal formula for distal article
1-x-
1 (although it could be also considered
1-x-
0 from proximal to distal end since the distal seta is not as long as the proximal one). Outer plate of maxilliped longer than inner plate. Abdomen with a pair of vestigial appendages
Type
species.
Selvacaprella jimenoi
sp. nov.
Etymology.
The species name refers to “A Selva”, the interesting deep-sea area located in the Northwest of
Galicia
where most of the specimens of this new genus were collected.