Forcipatia Larsen & Shimomura, 2007

Bird, Graham J., 2007, Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 *, Zootaxa 1599, pp. 61-85 : 76-77

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178698
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512948
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scientific name	Forcipatia Larsen & Shimomura, 2007
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Genus Forcipatia Larsen & Shimomura, 2007 View in CoL

Forcipatia Larsen & Shimomura, 2007: 19 View in CoL View Cited Treatment –20 (diagnosis and key to species).

Leptognathia G.O. Sars, 1882 View in CoL (partim): Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970: 363 –364. Larsen, 2005: 200.

Species included (Japanese waters, Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and Japan Trench species in bold): F. longimanus Larsen, 2005 , Gulf of Mexico, 336–1875 metres; F. rotundicauda Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970 .

Diagnosis (after Larsen & Shimomura). Female. Leptognathiid with cheliped fixed finger and dactylus elongated. Uropodal exopod uniarticulated.

Remarks. This genus is relatively easy to recognize owing to the cheliped morphology, which approaches that of some pseudotanaid taxa. The mandibular structure is very similar to the type genus Leptognathia , with a crenulate margin of both incisors. Unlike the previous leptognathiid genus ( Biarticulata ), Forcipatia is a small, monophyletic taxon.