The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World
Author
Gerken, Sarah
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
4428
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journal article
22652
10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
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Aplatysympus
n. gen.
Diagnosis.
Carapace dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina present, eyelobe present, pseudorostral lobes short, pointed. Antennule flagella short, accessory flagellum as long as main flagellum. Mandible navicular. Maxillule palp with 2 setae. Pereopod 1 slender. Pereopod 5 longer than basis of pereopod 4. Telson moderate, about 2/3 length of uropod peduncles. Uropod endopod of 3 articles. Uropod exopod article 1 0.2 length of article 2, or less.
Female
with rudimentary exopod on pereopod 2, no exopods on pereopods 3–4, without pleopods.
Male
unknown.
Etymology
. A combination of the prefix “
A”
meaning “not”, and the generic name
Platysympus
, in reference to the great similarity of the new genus to
Platysympus
. Gender masculine.
Type
species
.
Aplatysympus neozealanicus
n. sp.
Remarks.
Aplatysympus
resembles
Platysympus
in the rudimentary exopod on pereopod 2 and lack of exopods on pereopods
3–4 in
the female. However,
Platysympus
lacks a maxillule palp, present in the new genus. This genus also resembles
Doieolamprops
in the rudimentary exopod on pereopod 2. However,
Doieolamprops
has 2 articles in the uropod endopod and a pair of pleopods in the female, while
Aplatysympus
has 3 articles in the uropod endopod and no pleopods in the female.