Paracalliopiidae *
Author
Hughes, L. E.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-10-08
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https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2260.1.41
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.41
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Yhi yindi
Barnard & Thomas, 1991
(
Figs 3
,
4
)
Yhi yindi
Barnard & Thomas, 1991: 288
, figs 1–3. —
Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 206
(catalogue).
Material examined
. Not collected in the current survey.
FIGURE 3.
Yhi yindi
Barnard & Thomas, 1991
, holotype, female, 1.5 mm, NMV
J20847
; ‘a’ female, 1.61 mm, USNM 253539, Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef (after
Barnard & Thomas 1991
).
FIGURE 4.
Yhi yindi
Barnard & Thomas, 1991
, holotype, female, 1.5 mm, NMV
J20847
; ‘b’ male, 1.52 mm, USNM 253538, Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef (after
Barnard & Thomas 1991
).
Type
locality.
Orpheus Island
,
Great Barrier Reef
,
Queensland
,
Australia
.
Description.
Based on
holotype
, female,
1.5 mm
, NMV
J20847
,
paratype
, male,
1.5 mm
, USNM 253538.
Head.
Head
lateral cephalic lobe not developed; eyes separated, positioned laterally, ommatidia scattered.
Antenna 1
peduncle article 1 subequal to article 2, subequal to article 3; article 2 subequal to article 3; flagellum with 4 articles; accessory flagellum absent.
Antenna 2
flagellum with 6 articles.
Maxilla 1
inner plate without apical setae, with 2 large plumose medial setae.
Maxilla 2
inner plate without medial setae, without oblique setal row.
Mandible
palp absent; molar triturative; accessory setal row with 2 setae.
Lower lip
mandibular lobes apically rounded, with extensions directed facially.
Maxilliped
palp exceeding outer plate.
Pereon.
Coxae
1–7 subequal to depth of pereonites.
Gnathopod 1
coxa with rounded distal expansion; carpus approximately 3 x longer than propodus; propodus weakly subchelate, not distally expanded; dactylus reaching length of palm.
Gnathopod 2
slender; carpus longer than the propodus, carpal lobe absent; propodus simple; dactylus reaching the length of the palm.
Pereopods 3–6
fossorial.
Pereopod 7
much longer than pereopods 5–6; basis posterior margin straight, dentate, basis posterodistal corner rounded, extending part way along ischium.
Pleon.
Epimera 1–2
posterodistal corners rounded.
Epimeron 3
posterodistal corner rounded, without ventral robust setae.
Urosomites 2–3
fused.
Uropod 1
rami subequal in length; outer ramus with 2 robust seta.
Uropod 2
rami subequal in length; rami without robust setae.
Uropod 3
peduncle elongate, twice as long as broad; rami subequal in length, or inner ramus longer than outer ramus; rami without robust setae.
Telson
subquadrate, with apical setae.
Habitat.
Coral-algal sand,
4 m
depth.
Remarks.
This species, currently the only one in the genus, is distinguished from other
Paracalliopiidae
by the separated non-contiguous laterally positioned eyes, the absence of a mandibular palp and the anteriorly directed coxa 1.
Distribution.
Australia
.
Queensland
: Orpheus Island (
Barnard & Thomas 1991
).