Cetiopyge Larsen

Esquete, Patricia & Cunha, Marina R., 2018, Additions to the Tanaidomorpha (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from mud volcanoes and coral mounds of the Gulf of Cadiz and Horseshoe Continental Rise, Zootaxa 4377 (4), pp. 517-541 : 530

Genus Cetiopyge Larsen & Heard, 2002

Diagnosis (modified after Larsen & Heard 2002). Body laterally compressed. Antennule of four or five articles, fifth article minute. Antenna of six articles. Mandible pars molaris broad. Maxillule with some bifurcate terminal setae. Maxilliped basis not fused distally, endites not fused. Cheliped attached via sclerite. Pereopods with coxa, propodus never longer than dactylus and terminal setae combined. Distal pleon and pleotelson laterally compressed. Pleopods absent in female. Uropods small, exopod minute, endopod of two segments, fused or not.

Remarks. This is the first record of this monotypic genus since it was described from the deep-sea waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Larsen & Heard 2002). This record shows that Cetiopyge has an amphiAtlantic distribution. The diagnosis is herein modified to accommodate the newly described species.