First record of Bathynellacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in Benin (West Africa): two new species and their phylogenetic position within the Parabathynellidae family Author Camacho, A. I. Dpto. Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; Author Mas-Peinado, P. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), CNRS, Montpellier, France; & Departamento de Biología (Zoología) and Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain; Author Lagnika, M. Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium; Author Martin, P. Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium; Author Dorda, B. A. Dpto. de Colecciones. Col. de Tejidos y ADN, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain Author Rey, I. Dpto. de Colecciones. Col. de Tejidos y ADN, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain & Dpto. Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-06-18 58 17 - 20 570 602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2353941 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2024.2353941 1464-5262 13219566 Cteniobathynella Schminke, 1973 Amended generic diagnosis Schminke, 1973, pp. 72–75 (p. 77: diagnosis Schminke 2011 ) Synonym: Parabathynella Chappuis, 1926 (partim), Thermobathynella Capart, 1951 (partim). AI six-segmented; segments 5 and 6 with two and three aesthetascs, respectively. AII five-segmented; setal formula: 0 + 0/0,1 + 0,1/1 + 0/1 + 0/3,4(1). Md with conspicuous tooth on the ventral edge. MxI with proximal and distal endite having four and five spines, respectively. MxII three-segmented. Th I–VII with a basipodal seta; exopod of Th I–VII two-segmented, both segments with two terminal setae; second and third segment of the endopod of Th II–VII with comb spinules. Furcal rami with three spines. Type species. Thermobathynella leleupi Delamare Deboutteville and Chappuis, 1955 . Other species. C. ahnerti Choi and Cho, 2005 ; C. bakeri (Green, 1964) ; C. calmani (Por, 1968) ; C. caparti (Fryer, 1957) ; C. essameuri Dumont, 1981 ; C. noodti Schminke, 1973 and C. teocchii (Coineau and Knoepffler, 1971) .