Styloptocumoides Petrescu 2006
- Dataset
- Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from eastern Bass Strait, the south-eastern Australian slope, and Antarctica in the collections of Museum Victoria
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Petrescu, Iorgu (2006): Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from eastern Bass Strait, the south-eastern Australian slope, and Antarctica in the collections of Museum Victoria. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (2): 129-173, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.14, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-63-issue-2-2006/pages-129-173/
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Cumacea
- family
- Nannastacidae
- genus
- Styloptocumoides
description
Gender. Masculine.
diagnosis
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.
discussion
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.
etymology
Etymology. The new genus looks like Styloptocuma Băcescu and Muradian, 1974.
type_taxon
Type species. Styloptocumoides australiensis sp. nov., here designated.