Transkalliapseudes banana Bamber, 2008

DRUMM, DAVID T. & HEARD, RICHARD W., 2011, Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Zootaxa 3142 (1), pp. 1-172 : 145

Transkalliapseudes banana Bamber, 2008

Transkalliapseudes banana Bamber, 2008: 147–151 , Figs. 2 –4.

Type material. Holotype male, 4 mm (QM –W28077); allotype female, 5.9 mm (QM –W28169); paratypes: 1 ovigerous female, 1 adult male (dissected), 2 mancas (QM –W28078); 1 male (QM –W28170).

Material examined. None available for study. Diagnosis prepared from that by Bamber, 2008.

Diagnosis. Male rostrum bilobate. Pleotelson with broad posterior half and lacking two terminal long plumose setae. Pereopod bases sparsely spinulated.

Type locality. NE of Banana Bank , Moreton Bay, eastern Australia, 27°32.53'S, 153°20.99'E, 3.1–4.2 m depth (Fig. 1, number 41) .

Geographic distribution. Known from type locality only.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Maxillule of a A) Kalliapseudinae and B) Metapseudinae showing the absence (A) or presence (B) of the palp.