Xystriogidiella capricornea Stock, 1984

Coleman, Charles Oliver, 2009, Bogidiellidae *, Zootaxa 2260 (1), pp. 279-284 : 282-284

Xystriogidiella capricornea Stock, 1984

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Description based on Stock (1984).

Head. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum 3-articulate, second article longest. Right mandible incisor smooth, lacinia mobilis 4-dentate and wide; left mandible incisor 2-dentate, lacinia mobilis with numerous teeth. Lower lip with wide gap and inner lobes. Maxilla 1 inner plate with 3 terminal setae; outer plate with 8 robust setae; palp 2-articulate, article 2 twice as long as article 1. Maxilla 2 inner lobe slightly wider than outer lobe. Maxillipeds inner plate with 2 bicuspidate robust setae; outer lobe with 3 terminal robust setae; palp 4- articulate, article 4 slender, falcate with terminal nail.

Pereon. Coxae 1–7 small. Gnathopod 1 carpus with posterodistal pointed lobe; propodus egg-shaped. Gnathopod 2 with non projecting carpus; propodus slightly smaller than that of gnathopod 1. Pereopods 3 and 4 subequal. Pereopod 7 longest, stouter and with longer setation compared to preceding appendages.

Pleon. Pleopods 1–3 with 3 articulate outer rami and short uni-articulate inner rami. Epimera 1–3 posteroventrally pointed. Uropod 1 peduncle longer than rami, outer ramus shorter than inner one. Uropod 2 peduncle subequal in length to rami, rami of the same length. Telson apically truncate, 1.3 x as wide as long, 3 pairs of stout robust setae.

Habitat. In fine coral sand, exposed at low tide.

Remarks. For differences to X. juliani see table 1.

Distribution. Australia: Heron Island, Queensland ( Stock 1984).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Xystriogidiella capricornea Stock, 1984, redrawn from Stock, 1984.