Bathybirubius, Senna, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2010.486081 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03998964-B917-A873-E399-FE55EDD4FABA |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Bathybirubius |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Bathybirubius View in CoL gen. nov.
Diagnosis
Head, rostrum weakly developed, unconstricted. Eyes present. Antenna 2, peduncle article 1 not ensiform, article 4 with two rows of facial stout setae. Right mandible, incisor with two spines; molar not triturative, with two semi-articulated setae; hump of palp small. Maxilla 1, inner plate with one slender seta; outer plate with two apical rows of cuspidate stout setae; palp bi-articulated, apically setose. Maxilla 2, inner plate slightly shorter than outer plate. Maxilliped, outer plate longer than inner plate; palp with four articulations, article 4 slender, apical nail present. Coxa 1, anterior margin convex. Gnathopods 1–2 similar, enlarged, carpus not elongated, about 1.5 times longer than broad, without eusirid attachment, propodus ovato-rectangular, palm strongly acute. Coxa 4, posterodorsal excavation present. Pereopod 5, basis expanded, subrectangular, not tapering distally. Epimeral plate 3, posteroventral corner rounded. Urosomite 3 smooth. Uropod 1, peduncle elongated, without ventroapical spike, without apical stout setae, weakly combed; rami slender, subequal in length, with one marginal row of setae, subapical accessory nail present. Uropod 2, peduncle weakly combed, with one row of marginal setae; rami, subapical accessory nail present. Uropod 3, peduncle not combed; inner ramus short, outer ramus bi-articulate, article 2 elongated, bearing two apical slender setae. Telson deeply cleft. Male unknown.
Type species
Bathybirubius margaretae sp. nov.
Etymology
The generic name is formed from a combination of the Greek prefix bathys, meaning deep, in reference to the bathymetric distribution in the deep sea of this new taxon, with the generic name Birubius , the possibly closely related Australian shallow-water genus. Gender masculine.
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