Redescription of the stygobitic shrimp Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) jusbaschjani Birštein, 1948 (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) from Agura River, Sochi, Russia, with remarks on other representatives of the genus from Caucasus
Author
Marin, Ivan
Author
Sokolova, Agniya
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Zootaxa
2014
3754
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277
298
journal article
46663
10.11646/zootaxa.3754.3.3
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Troglocaris
(
Xiphocaridinella
)
kutaissiana
Sadowsky, 1930
(
Figs. 11
,
12
)
Xiphocaridinella kutaissiana
Sadowsky, 1930
: 95
[
type
locality: Rion cave, western
Georgia
].
Material examined.
10 non-ovigerous females,
7 males
, Western
Georgia
,
42°16'19.62"N
,
42°44'1.63"E
, valley of Tshalciteli river, in the cave stream, coll. A. Sokolova & D. Palatov,
27 Sept. 2012
.
Measurements.
The largest female has tbl.—
30 mm
, pcl.—
15 mm
; the largest male has tbl.—
20 mm
, pcl.—
10 mm
.
Remarks.
The species clearly differs from the congeners by well developed rostrum armed with numerous small dorsal and one-two ventral teeth (
Fig. 12
). Rostral form slightly varying in examined specimens but dorsal rostral teeth and supraorbital teeth always present.
Distribution.
The species is known from underground area of karst caves of Shaora hollow and Sharaula cave (the
type
locality), Western
Georgia
(see
Fig. 16
).