Platytyphlops orbicularis (Calman 1905) Gerken 2018
- Dataset
- The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Gerken, Sarah (2018): The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World. Zootaxa 4428 (1): 1-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Cumacea
- family
- Lampropidae
- genus
- Platytyphlops
- species
- Platytyphlops orbicularis
discussion
Remarks. This is a distinctive species, with the carapace subrectangular in dorsal view and without sculpturing, and pereopod 5 being much shorter than the basis of pereopod 4, although similar in proportion to pereopods 3 and 4.
distribution
Distribution North Atlantic, east coast of USA, Faroes, Norway, Ireland.
materials_examined
Type material. Syntypes: NHM. 77 miles WNW of Achill Head, County Mayo, Ireland. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 1.0 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 5 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1 1.7 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male unknown. Depth. 423 – 1739 m.