A revision of the lysianassid genus Waldeckia with the description of four new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Waldeckiinae subfam. nov.)
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Kilgallen, N. M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3784
4
301
345
journal article
46103
10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.1
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1175-5326
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Waldeckia obesa
(
Chevreux, 1905
)
(
Fig. 25
c)
Charcotia obesa
Chevreux, 1905
: 163
, fig. 3 (see
De Broyer
et al
. (2007)
for comprehensive synonymy and distribution).
Orchomene arnaudi
Bellan-Santini, 1972
: 205
, fig. 22.
Waldeckia robusta
Ren & Huang, 1991
: 255
, 310, figs 44, 45.
Types
.
MNHN.
Type
locality.
Palmer Archipelago,
Antarctica
: Anvers Island, Biscoe Bay (
64°50.0’S
,
110 m
) and Booth Island.
Diagnostic description
. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, broad, subacute. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without anterodistal projection.
Labrum, epistome and upper lip separate
. Mandible palp article 2 anterodistal margin setose; article 3 with marginal and apical setae. Labium without apical stylets on each lobe. Gnathopod 1 parachelate; basis anterior margin with slender setae; propodus posterior margin smooth. Gnathopod 2 minutely subchelate; carpus long; propodus palm transverse, dactylus fitting palm. Pereopod 6 basis posteroventral margin rounded. Pereopod 7 basis, posterior margin almost straight, smooth, posteroventral margin rounded.
Epimeron 3 posterior margin with strong spine above rounded posteroventral corner
.
Urosomite 1 with small dorsodistal acute spine
. Uropod 1 outer ramus slightly longer than inner ramus; uropod 2 outer ramus slightly longer than inner ramus; uropod 3 inner ramus shorter than outer ramus, reaching article 2 of outer ramus.
Depth range
.
0–1030 m
.
Remarks.
De Broyer
et al
. (2007)
considered
W
.
arnaudi
(
Bellan-Santini, 1972
)
and
W
.
robusta
Ren & Huang, 1991
to be a juveniles of
W
.
obesa
. We accept this decision.
Waldeckia obesa
differs from all other species (except
W
.
tangaroa
sp. nov.
) in having a labrum with separate epistome and upper lip. It also differs from all other species of
Waldeckia
in having a strong spine above rounded posteroventral corner of epimeron 3.
Distribution.
Circum-Antarctic.