Platytyphlops racovitzai ( Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003 ) Gerken, 2018

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 163

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2419A7F0-5AED-47EC-86BB-06AADB2A4BD9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799182
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87BA-FF4E-2E89-64FF-FCD1D027CFE9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platytyphlops racovitzai ( Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Platytyphlops racovitzai ( Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003) View in CoL n. comb.

Paralamprops racovitzai Petrescu & Wittmann, 2003: 591–595 View in CoL , figs 7, 255–284.

Type material. Holotype: NHMW 19661 View Materials , subadult female. Weddell Sea, 70°58’S, 11°11’W. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: GAM Cum 271, 5 subadult females ; GAM Cum 272, subadult female; GAM Cum 273, subadult female; GAM Cum 274, subadult male; RMNH N 288 View Materials , 3 subadult females ; RMNH N 289 View Materials , subadult female ; RMNH N 290 View Materials , 2 subadult females ; NHMW 19664 View Materials , 1 subadult female, 1 subadult male ; NHMW 19662 View Materials , subadult female ; NHMW 19663 View Materials , subadult male .

Diagnosis. Carapace with 3 pairs of sinuate lateral ridges, marginal carina entire, ridge absent on pseudorostrum; eyelobe with lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.8 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, terminal setae subequal. Uropod endopod article 1 1.6–1.8 length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male unknown.

Depth. 280–520 m.

Distribution. Weddell Sea, continental shelf.

Remarks. Platytyphlops racovitzai is most similar to P. rossi , but it can be differentiated by the carapace. In P. racovitzai the ridges are tall, narrow and have an undulating hyline margin, while in P. rossi the ridges are much shorter and do not have a hyaline margin.