Robustochelia angusticephala Kudinova-Pasternak, 1986

Wiak, Piotr Jó Ż & Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, 2007, New records of two rare genera, Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 and Robustochelia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983 (Tanaidacea: Crustacea), Zootaxa 1505, pp. 19-35 : 26-27

Robustochelia angusticephala Kudinova-Pasternak, 1986

( Fig. 4 B)

Diagnosis: Pereonites 2–6 wider than long. Pleon shorter than pereonites 5 and 6 combined. Pereopods 1–3 propodus setae shorter than dactylus. Pereopods 4–6 propodus compact (about 2.5 times as long as wide). Material examined: Holotype female, length 3.7 mm, Mh-9, Safari 1, CP 16, 24º23.0’S – 58º 21.0’E, depth 4890–5043 m, trawl.

Distribution: Species known only from type locality: Indian Ocean, South of Mauritius.

Remarks: The holotype was in very poor condition. It consists of only two pereonites (probably 4 and 5) and one pair of pereopods (probably pereopod-4, Fig. 4 B).

Figures

FIGURE 4. A) Robustochelia robusta. Holotype, female. (A) Body, lateral; (B) Robustochelia angusticephala. Pereopod- 4. Scale bars equal 0.1 mm.