Minute but constant morphological differences within members of Stenothoidae: the Stenothoe gallensis group with four new members, keys to Stenothoe worldwide, a new species of Parametopa and Sudanea n. gen. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Author
Krapp-Schickel, Traudl
text
Journal of Natural History
2015
2015-03-31
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10.1080/00222933.2015.1021873
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Sudanea inopinata
n. sp.
(
Figures 28
,
29
)
Holotype
Male
2 mm
,
Flamingo Bay
, Port
Sudan
, reef with epiphytic algae, 12/1970
U. Schiecke
coll., slide
MVRCr 7710
.
Additional material
Female
2 mm
on slide
MVRCr
7711, nine juv.
1.2–1.5 mm
in alcohol.
Type locality
Port
Sudan
,
Red Sea
.
Etymology
The epithet reflects the region inhabited by the species, at Port
Sudan
.
Diagnosis
Md without palp; Mx
2 in
riding position. Gn 1: Gn 2 subequal in length, but Gn 1 clearly wider. Gn 2 with parallel margins. P 6, 7 basis widened with posterodistal lobe, much longer than wide. U 2 with unequal rami, U 3 ratio ramus: peduncle = 2. Telson naked.
Description
Length.
1.5–2 mm
.
Head.
Antennae subequal in length, length of A 1 ped. art 1> art 2, art 3 about half art 1; flagellum with 7–8 arts. A 2 peduncle art 4 subequal art 5, flagellum with four arts. Mouthparts: Mx 2 lobes in riding position; Md palp lacking; Mxp narrow, OP vanishing.
Peraeon.
Gn 1 subchelate, merus reaching end of carpus, distally not acute but rounded ending; propodus ovoid to triangular, palm oblique, about half length of propodus; palmar corner defined by one strong spine. Cx 2 anterior margin irregularly convex, posterior margin straight; Gn 2 basis on anterior margin naked; carpus triangular, longer than wide, rounded; propodus with totally parallel margins, palm short, oblique, beset with short spines; palmar corner well defined by one srong spine; dactylus about one third length of propodus. Cx 3 with parallel margins, smooth; Cx 4 deeper than wide. Peraeopods: P 3> P 4; P 5 basis rectilinear, dactylus ≥ half length of propodus; anterior and posterior margins of merus, carpus and propodus with few spines; P 6, 7 basis widened, merus on posterior margin with spines, posterior margin neither widened nor lengthened.
Figure 28.
Sudanea inopinata
n. g.
n. sp. female, Red Sea: A 1, 2 = antennae; Hd = head; Mx 2 = second maxilla; Md, Md’ = mandible of both sides; Mxp = maxilliped; Gn 1 = first gnathopod; Gn 2 = second gnathopod.
Figure 29.
Sudanea inopinata
n. g.
n. sp. female, Red Sea: Cx 2–4 = coxae 2–4; Gn 1, 2 = first and second gnathopod; P 3 7 = peraeopod 3-7; U 1–3 = uropod 1–3; T = telson.
Pleon:
U 1–3 peduncle poorly spinose; U 1 ped subequal to subequal rami; U 2 rami unequal; U 3 length of ramus art 1 = art 2 = peduncle; T naked.
Distribution
Port
Sudan
,
Red Sea
.