A review of the scopelocheirid amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea), with the description of new taxa from Australian waters
Author
Kilgallen, Niamh M.
Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
niamh.kilgallen@austmus.gov.au
Author
Lowry, James K.
Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Zoosystematics and Evolution
2015
2015-03-05
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.91.8440
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.91.8440
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Tayabasa
gen. n.
Eucallisoma
. -
Lowry and Stoddart 1993
: 67 (in part, part
Eucallisoma
).
Type species.
Eucallisoma barnardi
Lowry & Stoddart, 1993, by original designation.
Included species.
Tayabasa
includes one species:
Tayabasa barnardi
(Lowry & Stoddart, 1993).
Diagnostic description.
Mandible lacinia mobilis a cuspidate peg
.
Maxilla 1
inner plate with pappose setae lining inner margin;
palp 2-articulate
. Maxilla 2 inner plate broader than outer, inner and outer plates subequal in length.
Maxilliped palp article 4 vestigial
. Gnathopod 1 coxa large, almost as long as coxa 2, margins slightly tapering distally; basis swollen, with glandular material; dactylus reduced, simple. Pereopod 3 carpus short to long, longer than wide.
Pereopod 4 with well-developed, subacute posteroventral lobe
.
Etymology.
The name
Tayabasa
refers to Tayabas Bay, located on the eastern side of Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, close to the type locality of the type species. Gender feminine.
Discussion.
Tayabasa
belongs to a closely related and highly derived complex of genera also comprised of
Anisocallisoma
,
Austrocallisoma
and
Eucallisoma
. See discussion under
Austrocallisoma
for further remarks.
Tayabasa
can be separated from
Anisocallisoma
by the 2-articulate maxilla 1 palp and inner plate with setae lining the inner margin (palp 1-articulate and inner plate with apical setae only in
Anisocallisoma
). It differs from
Austrocallisoma
in peg-like lacinia mobilis, the 2-articulate maxilla 1 palp, and the well-developed gnathopod 1 coxa (lacinia mobilis a stemmed, distally expanded blade, maxilla 1 palp 1-articulate, and gnathopod 1 coxa reduced in
Austrocallisoma
). Finally, it can be distinguished from
Eucallisoma
in the peg-like lacinia mobilis, the vestigial maxilliped palp article 4, and the subacute posteroventral lobe of the pereopod 4 coxa (lacinia mobilis a stemmed, distally expanded blade, maxilliped palp article 4 well developed, and pereopod 4 coxa with a subquadrate posteroventral lobe in
Eucallisoma
).