Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933

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Genus Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933

Bathyamaryllis Pirlot 1933 Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933:123 .— K.H. Barnard, 1940: 441.— J.L. Barnard, 1969: 328.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 470.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2002: 199 .

Type species. Bathyamaryllis perezii Pirlot, 1933 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Head with rostrum anteriorly rounded or truncated; eyes absent, reniform or oval when present. Antenna1 peduncular article1 ball-shaped proximally; peduncular article 2 medium length or long; callynophore absent in female, present in male. Antenna 2 flagellum about as long as that of antenna 1 in female, longer than body in male [where known]. Mandible palp article 3 with proximal A3-seta in male [where known], without proximal A3-seta in female. Pereopod 4 coxa with anterior and posterior margins subparallel or with anterior margin slightly obtuse, posterior margin straight. Uropod 3 rami with plumose setae in male [where known], without plumose setae in female; outer ramus 1-articulate or 2articulate.

(Diagnosis revised according to Lowry & Stoddart, 2002).

Distribution. Bathyamaryllis is known from western and eastern North Atlantic Ocean, Indonesia, eastern Australia and western South Pacific Ocean; 120-1919 m depth.