BATHYNELLIDAE Grobben, 1905

Camacho, A. I., 2007, The first record of the genus Vejdovskybathynella Serban and Leclerc, 1984 (Syncarida, Bathynellacea, Bathynellidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: three new species, Journal of Natural History 41 (45 - 48), pp. 2817-2841 : 2820-2822

Family BATHYNELLIDAE Grobben, 1905

Subfamily GALLOBATHYNELLINAE Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

Subfamily diagnosis (translated from Serban et al. 1971; Serban 1989a, 1989b)

Antennule (A. I) six or seven segments; antenna (A. II), three or five segments on the endopod; the apical part of paragnaths with thin setae; prehensile mandibular palp of the mandible (Md.), with one to three segments and both sexes with similar or different claws on the terminal segment; pars incisiva (or incisor process) (‘‘pars incisive’’) of mandible with two teeth; processus incisivus accesorius (or molar process) of Md. made up of two parts, the pars molaris normally has two simple teeth or denticles on margins; endopod with three segments on thoracopods (Th.) II, IV, V, and VI or with four segments on all the pairs; male Th. VII without coxal endite. Penial region (‘‘región pénienne’’) of Th. VIII with one lobe and with an apical developed frontal projection (Fr. prj.) (‘‘prolongement rostral’’) or one lobe and two similar in length lobes or one lobe, one frontal projection and one large

Tribe Gallobathynellini Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

Subtribe Gallobathynellina Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

Gallobathynella Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

G. coiffaiti ( Delamare, 1961)

Syn.: Bathynella natans form coiffaiti Delamare, 1954 ; Bathynella natans coiffaiti Delamare, 1961 .

Type locality: Grotte de Falgas , Rieussa, Hérault, France

Other localities: Grotte des Cristaux, Limousis, Aude; Grotte de Lauzinas, St Pons de Thomières and Hérault River, St Jean de Fos, France

G. boui Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Grotte La Devèze , Courniou, Hérault, France

Other localities: Grotte de la Trayolle, Courniou, Hérault, France

G. juberthiae Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Agly River , Perpignan, France

G. tarissei Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Grottes de Limousis , Aude, France

Other localities: Grotte de Villanière and Grotte du Barrenc du Soula del Pinet, Comus, France

a G. hispanica ( Delamare and Chappuis, 1954)

Syn.: Bathynella natans form hispanica Delamare and Chappuis, 1954 ; Bathynella chappuisi form hispanica Delamare and Chappuis, 1954 ; Bathynella hispanica Delamare and Chappuis, 1954

Type locality: Cueva de la Febró, Tarragona, Spain

Clamousella Serban, 1989

C. delayi ( Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971)

Syn.: Gallobathynella delayi Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971 ; Gallobathynella (Clamousella) delayi Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1972

Type locality: Grotte de la Clamouse, St Jeans de Fos , Hérault, France

Other localities: Grotte des Demoiselles, St Bauzille de Putois and Valley river, Hérault, France Vandelibathynella Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

V. vandeli ( Delamare and Chappuis, 1954)

Syn.: Bathynella vandeli Delamare and Chappuis, 1954 ; B. vandeli Delamare, 1961

Type locality: Grotte Haount-Santo , Font Saint, Ariège, France

Other localities: Grotte de Passaroles, Encourtiech; Baget, Balaguères, Ariege; Lachein stream, Balaguères, Ariège and Nert River, Encourtiech, France

Subtribe Meridiobathynellina Serban, 1989

Meridiobathynella Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

M. rouchi Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Montagnac , Hérault, France

Other locality: Institut of Zoology, University of Rome, Italy

Hispanobathynella Serban, 1989

H. catalanensis ( Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971)

Syn.: Meridiobathynella catalanensis Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Ter River , Torroella de Montgri, Gerona, Spain

Parameridiobathynella Serban and Leclerc, 1984

P. gardensis Serban and Leclerc, 1984

Type locality: Aven de la Masse, Saint-Privât de Champelos , Gard, France

Tribe Pseudobathynellini Serban, 1989

Pseudobathynella Serban, Coineau, and Delamare Deboutteville, 1971

P. magniezi Serban, Coineau, and Delamare, 1971

Type locality: Loire River , Diou, Allier, France

P. helvetica Serban and Delamare, 1974

Syn.: Bathynella natans sensu Chappuis, 1915

Type locality: Bâle , Switzerland

Delamareibathynella Serban, 1989

D. debouttevillei Serban, 1989

Type locality: Font-Vive , Grospierres, Ardèche, France

D. freiburgensis (Jakobi, 1954)

Syn.: Bathynella natans freiburgensis Jakobi, 1954 ; Bathynella freiburgensis Jakobi, 1954

Type locality: Freiburg , Germany

Other localities: town around Freiburg, Germany

D. motasi Serban, 1992

Type locality: Loire River , Diou, Allier, France

Tribe Sardobathynellini Serban, 1992

Sardobathynella Serban, 1973

S. cottarellii Serban, 1973

Type locality: Liscia Rver , Arzachena, Sardinia, Italy

Tribe Vejdovskybathynellini Serban, 1989

Vejdovskybathynella Serban and Leclerc, 1984

V. balazuci Serban and Leclerc, 1984

Type locality: Grotte de Cocalière , Saint-André-de-Cruzières, Ardèche, France

V. espattyensis Serban and Leclerc, 1984

Type locality: Aven 1 d’Espatty , Grospierres, Ardèche, France

V. leclerci Serban, 1989

Type locality: Rhône River , Saint-Just, Ardèche, France

V. edelweiss n. sp.

Type locality: Ojo Guareña Cave , Cornejo, Burgos, Spain

V. caroloi n. sp.

Type locality: Molino Cave , Matienzo, Cantabria, Spain

V. pascalis n. sp.

Type locality: Cubilla Cave , Ogarrio, Cantabria, Spain

a Species not confirmed.

outer lobe (O. lb.) (‘‘lobe externe’’); vertical or inclined basipod (bsp.) and generally with an outer protuberance (O. prt.) (‘‘proéminence externe’’); exopod (exp.) similar to the thoracopod; endopod (endp.) small with one segment. Female Th. VIII variable, similar to the Bathynellinae (in this case the two branches are similar in length) or with two segments (coxopod and basipod); the exopod, with two terminal setae, can be exceptionally smaller than the endopod; elongated coxal seta or of a small size. Sympod of the uropod with three or four spines (‘‘épines’’); endopod with two or four claws (‘‘griffes’’). Furcal rami with second spine, in almost all cases, longer than the other four.