Anguillanella Perina and Camacho, 2019

Perina, Giulia, Camacho, Ana I., Huey, Joel, Horwitz, Pierre & Koenders, Annette, 2019, The role of allopatric speciation and ancient origins of Bathynellidae (Crustacea) in the Pilbara (Western Australia): two new genera from the De Grey River catchment, Contributions to Zoology 88 (4), pp. 452-497 : 477

Anguillanella Perina and Camacho gen. nov.

Generic diagnosis

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Antennula seven-segmented. Antenna seven-segmented, third endopodial segment very small. Paragnaths with distal strong claws. Mandibular palp three segmented with two long and strong equal barbed claws, and without sexual dimorphism. Pars incisiva with two teeth; processus incisivus accessorius with one tooth and one seta-like tooth; pars molaris with two dentate structures, parallel to main axis of teeth: first structure (closest to processus incisivus accessorius) with four teeth, and second structure formed by a bulb with three to five small denticles. Thoracopods I to VII with epipod and endopod four-segmented. Thoracopod VIII male rectangular and compact, with only one well developed lobe (outer lobe) on penial region (latero external part) and two projections (frontal and posterior); basipod in vertical position with large distal crest; endopod small and exopod large, perpendicular to basipod and curved outward, with simplified morphology and two distal setae present. Female thoracopod VIII simplified: coxopod, without setae; epipod very long; basipod large; one-segmented small ramus (endopod or exopod). Uropod: sympod with four inhomonomous spines and endopod with two spines, one special seta (seta “X”) and three more setae (one very short). Furcal rami with five spines.

Type species: Anguillanella callawaensis gen. nov., sp. nov