Kalliapseudes obtusifrons ( Haswell, 1882 )

DRUMM, DAVID T. & HEARD, RICHARD W., 2011, Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Zootaxa 3142 (1), pp. 1-172 : 83-84

Kalliapseudes obtusifrons ( Haswell, 1882)

Apseudes obtusifrons Haswell, 1882: 748–749 , Pl. VI, Figs. 1–8; 1884: 1003. Richardson, 1912: 584. Nierstrasz, 1913: 10. Lang, 1949: 3.

Kalliapseudes obtusifrons . Menzies, 1953: 474, 479, 482. Larwood, 1954: 562. Lang, 1956a: 205, 208, 209. Makkaveeva, 1971: 97. Boesch, 1973: 187. Bamber, 1998: 184; 2005: 645. Bamber et al., 2003: 53. Guţu, 2006: 126–127, 138, 141, 153. Drumm and Heard, 2006: 29–38, Figs. 1–4.

Type material. Lectotype, adult female ( AM P3322 ).

Material examined. Lectotype and one ovigerous female ( AM P3321 ).

Diagnosis. Rostrum rounded. Pereonites lacking anterolateral apophysis. Pleotelson tapering posteriorly to indented tip, lacking two long terminal plumose setae. Antennule first peduncle article lacking ventral spiniform setae; accessory flagellum with four articles. Antenna first peduncle article lacking simple seta(e) on outer distal corner; third peduncle article with one plumose seta on inner margin. Labrum complex lacking cusps. Terminal spiniform seta of mandibular palp pectinate and approximately nine times as long as broad. Female cheliped fixed finger and dactylus cutting edge with spinules interspersed with one round tubercle. Cheliped and pereopod 1 exopodite with two plumose setae. Pereopods 2 and 3 dactylus with digitiform lobe bearing more than five aesthetascs. Pereopods 4 and 5 dactylus with more than five sensory setae. Pereopod 5 propodus lacking short bipinnate setae on both inner and outer surfaces. Female pereopod 6 dactylus with two subterminal setae. Uropod basal article approximately 2.7 times as long as broad; exopodite with three articles, last article approximately 2.5 times as long as second article.

Type locality. Western Pacific , New South Wales, Australia (Fig. 1, number 21) .

Geographic distribution. Known from the type locality only.

Remarks. This species seems to be unique in having a long, pectinate spiniform seta on the mandibular palp.