Platytyphlops tuberculatus (Roccatagliata 1994) 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 tuberculatus
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Female unknown. Adult male carapace without lateral ridges, subrectangular in dorsal view with rounded corners, marginal carina dentate, carapace covered in small blunt tubercles dorsal of marginal carina, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 expanded, more than twice as wide as article 2; accessory flagellum 1.0 main flagellum; with cluster of aesthetascs on first article of main flagellum. Telson less than 0.5 uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, central seta longest. Uropod endopod article 11.7 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Depth. 2900 – 4125 m.
discussion
Remarks. This species is unique among species of Platytyphlops or Paralamprops in the expanded article 1 of the antennule peduncle. In addition, the carapace is subrectangular in dorsal view.
distribution
Distribution. Rockall Trough, North-east Atlantic, 47 ° 34.9 ’ – 55 ° 7.7 ’ N, 9 ° 40.9 – 12 ° 16 ’ W.
materials_examined
Type material. Holotype: NHM 1994.2140, adult male. Paratype: NHM 1994.2139, juvenile. Rockall Trough, 54 ° 40 ’ N, 12 ° 16 ’ W. Not seen.