Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799310
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87BA-FFA1-2E66-64FF-FC3CD32ECF5C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005
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Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005 View in CoL

Hemilamprops merlini Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005: 114–117 View in CoL , figs 1–2.

Type material. Holotype: ZMH K 40,416 View Materials , non ovigerous female . Paratypes: ZMH K 40,417 View Materials , 15 females, 10 subadult males, 9 juveniles. Angola Basin , 22°20.0’– 22°20.2’S, 3°18.3’– 3°18.4’E. Not seen GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, without setae, dorsal crest entire. Pleonites without dorsal crest. Telson 0.6 length of uropod peduncles, with 4–5 pairs lateral setae, 5 terminal setae. Uropod exopod article 1 0.9 length of article 2. Adult male unknown.

Depth. 1798–5144 m.

Distribution. Angola Basin, 22°20’S, 3°18.3’E, and Bellingshausen Sea.

Remarks. Hemilamprops merlini is most similar to the Australian species H. diversus , but can be distinguished by the equal length terminal setae on the telson. In H. diversus the terminal setae on the telson are unequal in length.