Speleocuma, Corbera, 2002
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https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00016.x |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4687187 |
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Speleocuma |
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Speleocuma View in CoL gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Well-developed exopods on pereopods 1–3 in both sexes, no trace of exopod on fourth pereopod; male with two pairs of pleopods; uropod endopod of two articles.
Etymology. Prefix derived from the Greek spelaion, referring to the cave-dwelling habits of the type species.
Type species: Speleocuma guanche sp. nov.
Remarks. The subfamily Mancocumatinae was erected by Watling (1977) to accomodate Bodotriidae species having less than five pleopods in males. Currently, five species in three genera make up the subfamily. Males of Pseudoleptocuma Watling 1977 have three pairs of pleopods, whereas those of Spilocuma Watling 1977 have no pleopods. Only in Mancocuma Zimmer 1943 males have two pairs of pleopods, like in Speleocuma . However, Speleocuma differs from the other three genera in the absence of exopods on the fourth pereopod in both sexes.
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