Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from eastern Bass Strait, the south-eastern Australian slope, and Antarctica in the collections of Museum Victoria
Author
Petrescu, Iorgu
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2006
2006-12-31
63
2
129
173
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-63-issue-2-2006/pages-129-173/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.14
1447-2554
10665606
Styloptocumoides
gen. nov.
Type
species
.
Styloptocumoides australiensis
sp. nov.
, here designated.
Diagnosis
. Carapace with short pseudorostrum, eyeless ocular lobe reaches its extremity. 5 free pedigerous somites. No trace of exopods in maxilliped 3 or pereopods in females.
Gender.
Masculine.
Etymology
. The new genus looks like
Styloptocuma
Băcescu and Muradian, 1974
.
Remarks.
The closest genus to
Styloptocumoides
is
Styloptocuma
Băcescu and Muradian, 1974
, especially regarding the carapace, with the ocular lobe reaching the tip of the pseudorostrum. The main difference is the total absence of exopods in the females of
Styloptocumoides
. A second difference is five instead of four free thoracic segments.