Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species Author Lowry, J. K. Author Myers, A. A. 0000-0003-3256-2123 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland. bavayia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3256 - 2123 bavayia@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-17 5100 1 1 53 journal article 20608 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.1 cabdbbb1-1226-4c2e-b90b-fae0742b5091 1175-5326 6127681 F42DAC62-0E30-442E-A375-87FC02B2CC99 Tethorchestia karukerae Ciavatti, 1989 ( Fig. 23 ) Tethorchestia karukerae Ciavatti, 1989: 140 , figs 15–17.— Wildish & LeCroy, 2014: 569 , key. Thetorchestia (sic) karukerae .— Ortiz, Martin & Diaz, 2007: 516 . FIGURE 23. Tethorchestia kurukerae , Ciavatti, 1989 , after Ciavatti, 1989 . Types. Holotype male MNHN Am 2430, paratypes 4 males MNHN Am 2432 . Allotype 1 female MNHN Am 2431, paratypes 4 females MNHN Am 2433 . Type locality. Anse à la Barque de St-François , Grande-Terre de Guadeloupe . Ecological type . Beach-hopper. Habitat. Marine supralittoral, sand beach inside reef. Size. Male, 7.4 mm , female, 10.4 mm . Diagnostic description ( male ). Based on Ciavatti (1989) . Gnathopod 2 dactylus short, distally acute. Pereopod 6 shorter than pereopod 7; not incrassate; basis moderately expanded; male merus expanded, carpus not expanded (slightly). Pereopod 7 basis broadly expanded. Telson with 4–5 robust setae per lobe. Remarks. See remarks under T. antillensis . Distribution. Guadeloupe . Grande-Terre de Guadeloupe ( Ciavatti 1989 ).