Microlysias xenokeras Stebbing, 1918

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Microlysias xenokeras Stebbing, 1918

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Microlysias xenokeras Stebbing, 1918: 64 , fig. 9.—K.H. Barnard, 1940: 441.—J.L. Barnard, 1958: 95 (list).— Thurston & Allen, 1969: 362.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 503.— Day et al., 1970: 50 (table).

? Microlysias indica K.H. Barnard, 1937: 144 , fig. 2a–c (according to Griffiths 1975: 148).— Griffiths, 1973: 293, fig. 9.— Griffiths,

1976: 55 (key).—J.L. Barnard, 1958: 95 (list).— Thurston & Allen, 1969: 362.

Not Microlysias xenokeras .—K.H. Barnard, 1940: 441 (from Plettenberg Bay, South Africa = Orchomenopsis plicata Schellenberg, 1926 according to Griffiths 1975: 148).

Types. Syntypes, 2 females, 1 male, BMNH 1928.12.1 :2055–2061.

Type locality. Vetch’s Pier , Durban Bay, South Africa, 4 m depth .

Associations. Commensal in ascidians.

Depth range. 4–13.5 m ( Stebbing 1918; K.H. Barnard 1937).

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa ( Stebbing 1918) to the South Arabian coast (K.H. Barnard 1937 (as M. indica )).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Microlysias xenokeras sp. nov., syntypes, female, 5.8 mm, male, 6.2 mm, Durban, South Africa. Scale: gnathopods, pereopods, 0.5 mm; remainder, 0.1 mm.