Montucaris, Jaume & Boxshall & Bamber, 2006

Jaume, Damià, Boxshall, Geoff A. & Bamber, Roger N., 2006, A new genus from the continental slope off Brazil and the discovery of the first males in the Hirsutiidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Bochusacea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (2), pp. 169-208 : 172

MONTUCARIS GEN. NOV.

Diagnosis

Hirsutiidae with anterior (= lateral) margin of basis and ischium to carpus of endopod of pereopod 3 bearing stout triangular spines; exopod present on pereopod 1; exopods on pereopods 5 and 6 reduced, one-segmented. Filiform extension of paragnaths naked distally. Female with medial margin of proximal segment of uropodal endopod bearing row of spinules; female pleopods 4 and 5 not articulated proximally to body. Male with dorsal cephalothoracic shield as in female, or with dorsal transverse suture located just behind insertion of mandibles; mouthparts normally developed as in female or regressed; medial armature of proximal segment of uropodal endopod as in female or lacking row of spinules. Male pleopods as for the order.

Type species

Montucaris distincta sp. nov. by original designation.

Etymology

The genus is named after the late Mónica Montú (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and is combined with the termination karis, derived from the Greek name for shrimp. Gender feminine.