Kalliapseudes Stebbing, 1910

DRUMM, DAVID T. & HEARD, RICHARD W., 2011, Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Zootaxa 3142 (1), pp. 1-172 : 69-70

Genus Kalliapseudes Stebbing, 1910

Kalliapseudes Stebbing, 1910: 86 . Hansen, 1913: 2. Nierstrasz, 1913: 15, 17, 18. Barnard, 1920: 325. Monod, 1923: 132. Zimmer, 1926: 695. Lang, 1949: 2–3. Menzies, 1953: 471, 474. Larwood, 1954: 561, 565, 566. Brown, 1956: 582. Lang, 1956c: 205, 206, 207–209, 216–217, 222, 223, 224. Băcescu, 1961: 164, 166. Shiino, 1964: 192, 1966: 473. Makkaveeva, 1971: 97. Gardiner, 1973: 239. Guţu, 1972: 302, 303. Lang, 1973: 226. Băcescu, 1979: 7, 1980: 360. Guţu, 1981: 103. Sieg, 1982: 3. Guţu, 1996a: 69, 71–73, 75, 1996b: 137, 141. Bamber, 1998: 181, 184. Guţu, 2001: 70. Hansknecht et al., 2002: 68. Drumm, 2003: 1. Guţu, 2006: 126.

Type Species. Kalliapseudes makrothrix Stebbing, 1910 .

Diagnosis. Modified according to Guţu (2006)

Antennule first peduncle article lacking ventral spiniform setae. Antenna with numerous plumose setae on the distal peduncular article. Labrum lacking cusps. Cheliped and pereopod 1 with exopodite. Dactylus of pereopods 2 and 3 long and slender with or without proximal sensory lobe, ending in few or several sensory setae. Pereopods 4

Geographic distribution. Eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, western Pacific, Indo–West Pacific.

Species. Kalliapseudes bamberi n. sp., K. dongarae n. sp., K. gutui n. sp., K. langi Guţu, 2006 , K. longisetosus Drumm, 2007 , K. magnus Lang, 1956 , K. makrothrix Stebbing, 1910 , K. mauritanicus Monod, 1923 , K. messingi Drumm, 2007 , K. obtusifrons ( Haswell, 1882) , K. primitivus Nierstrasz, 1913 , K. profundus n. sp., K. quadrirobustirostris n. sp., K. senegalensis Guţu, 2006 , K. struthi Bamber, 2005 , K. syntresis n. sp., K. tomiokaensis Shiino, 1966 .

Remarks. Kalliapseudes is the type genus of the family, but the type material for the type species K. makrothrix is no longer extant and it was poorly described, making it incertae sedis. There is also no known topotypic material. In order to establish stability in the family one of two things must happen in this case: 1) designation of a neotype of K. makrothrix based on topotypic material, or 2) describing new material from Kenya (the type locality) even without the designation of a neotype.

Three species in the genus Kalliapseudes sensu lato, K. gobinae , K. multiarticulus and a new species have been transferred to a new genus based on the cladistic analysis and recognition of two characters: 1) ventral spiniform setae on the first peduncle article and 2) labrum with cusps. The new genus occupies an intermediate position between Kalliapseudes sensu stricto and Cristapseudes .

The position of the species in Kalliapseudes remain unresolved on the phylogenetic tree so it is most parsimonious not to make any changes until additional evidence proves it necessary.