The family Opisidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australasian waters
Author
Stoddart, H. E.
Author
Lowry, J. K.
text
Zootaxa
2010
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2634.1.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.5
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Normanion hipposideros
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1
,
2
)
Type material
.
HOLOTYPE
, female,
2.5 mm
,
AM
P.69040,
Horseshoe Reef
,
Horsehoe Reef
,
Bootless Inlet
,
Papua New Guinea
,
9°30.5’S
147°15.5’E
,
12–15 m
, coral rubble from reef front slope,
29 October 1980
,
J.K. Lowry
, stn PNG-32.
FIGURE 2.
Normanion hipposideros
sp. nov.
Holotype female, AM P.69040. Scales represent 0.1 mm.
Type
locality
.
Horsehoe Reef
,
Bootless Inlet
,
Papua New Guinea
,
9°30.5’S
147°15.5’E
,
12–15 m
depth
.
Etymology
. The species name is the Greek word for a horseshoe, a reference to the
type
locality.
Diagnostic description
.
Antenna 1
callynophore present.
Eyes
present.
Mouthpart bundle
subconical.
Mandible
left and right incisor with slightly convex margin, smooth; lacinia mobilis absent; molar present, setose; palp attached proximally, articles 2 and 3 subequal.
Maxilla 1
outer plate with 10 setal teeth in an 8/2 crown arrangement, some of outer row with cusps in 2 rows; palp apical margin serrate, with apical robust setae.
Maxilliped
palp 4-articulate, article 4 vestigial.
Gnathopod 1
subchelate; ischium long; carpus posterior margin not produced, curved; propodus subquadrate, proximal margin produced into strong posteroproximal lobe, palm serrate, posterodistal corner not produced, with 3 robust setae.
Gnathopod 2
minutely chelate; carpus longer than propodus (about 1.5x); palm obtuse.
Pereopod 4
coxa posteroproximal excavation large.
Pereopods 5–7
basis with smooth posterior margin; [dactylus not known].
Epimeron 3
posterior margin smooth, posteroventral corner broadly rounded. [
Uropod 3
unknown.]
Telson
about as long as broad, entire, distally emarginate, without dorsal robust setae.
Male
not known.
Remarks
. Unfortunately the specimen lacks the distal articles of pereopods 5–7 and uropod 3.
Normanion hipposideros
has the unusual character of having two rows of cusps on some of the outer row of setal teeth on the maxilla 1 outer plate, a character which also occurs in
Podoprionella dagadugaban
Lowry & Stoddart, 1995
. Although the status of uropod 3 is not known for
N. hipposideros
the presence of a large setose molar excludes the species from the genus
Podoprionella
. See also remarks under
N. whoi
.
Distribution
. Southern
Papua New Guinea
;
12–15 m
depth.