Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 *
Author
Bird, Graham J.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1599
61
85
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178698
4752b142-888a-44bf-b0a3-210a24ff581a
1175-5326
178698
Genus
Forcipatia
Larsen & Shimomura, 2007
Forcipatia
Larsen & Shimomura, 2007
: 19
–20 (diagnosis and key to species).
Leptognathia
G.O. Sars, 1882
(
partim
):
Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970
: 363
–364. Larsen, 2005: 200.
Species included
(Japanese waters, Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and
Japan
Trench species in bold):
F. longimanus
Larsen, 2005
, Gulf of
Mexico
, 336–1875 metres;
F. rotundicauda
Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970
.
Diagnosis
(after Larsen & Shimomura).
Female
. Leptognathiid with cheliped fixed finger and dactylus elongated. Uropodal exopod uniarticulated.
Remarks.
This genus is relatively easy to recognize owing to the cheliped morphology, which approaches that of some pseudotanaid taxa. The mandibular structure is very similar to the
type
genus
Leptognathia
, with a crenulate margin of both incisors. Unlike the previous leptognathiid genus (
Biarticulata
)
,
Forcipatia
is a small, monophyletic taxon.