Bathylamprops Zimmer, 1908

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 28-29

Bathylamprops Zimmer, 1908

Bathylamprops Zimmer, 1908: 173 .

Type species. Bathylamprops calmani Zimmer, 1908 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Carapace not dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina absent, eyelobe present, without lenses, pseudorostral lobes long, acute. Antennule flagella unequal, accessory flagellum shorter than article 1 of main flagellum. Mandible navicular. Maxillule palp with 2 setae. Pereopod 1 slender. Pereopod 5 longer than basis of pereopod 4. Telson variable. Uropod endopod of 3 articles. Uropod exopod article 1 at least 0.5 length of article 2. Female with fully developed exopod on pereopod 2, rudimentary exopods on pereopods 3–4, without pleopods. Male antenna length unknown, without penial lobes, with 3 pairs of pleopods.

Species. Bathylamprops calmani Zimmer, 1908 , B. caperatus Corbera, 2008 , B. michelae Reyss, 1978a , B. motasi Băcescu, 1976 , B. natalensis Jones, 1969 , B. pagesi Corbera, 2008 , B. paraleucon n. sp., B. scaber Corbera, 2006 .

Remarks. Bathylamprops is most easily recognized by the long, acute pseudorostral lobes, which are unusual within the Lampropidae .