Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Lepechinella pangola J. L. Barnard, 1962:63–64, figs. 58, 59
DIAGNOSIS.–Anterior dorsal teeth rudimentary, posterior teeth of small to medium size, pereonite 1 with two teeth, pereonite 2 to pleonite 4 with one tooth, no accessory teeth; body naked; epimera 1–3 scarcely or not convex posteriorly, each with small, slightly reverted posteroventral cusp, sinuses small to absent, no lateral setae on epimeron 2; rostrum extending about halfway along article 1 of antenna 1, but otherwise small, first cephalic tooth as long as rostrum, second tooth slightly shorter; mandibular palp not well described; anterior coxae short and broad, coxa 1 weakly slipper-shaped, not bifid, coxae 2–4 with slight midanterior bulge, coxa 2 slightly to moderately narrowed apically, weakly pointed, coxae 3–4 weakly bifid, coxa 5 with anterior cusp as long as coxa 4, coxa 6 with blunt short anteroventral cusp, coxae 6–7 with weak to medium, sharp posteroventral cusp; accessory flagellum unknown; telson cleft nearly halfway, each lobe with apical spine of unknown length, sides of telson with one or five spines; inner ramus of uropod 1 extending halfway along outer ramus, uropods 2–3 ordinary.
DISTRIBUTION.–South Africa, 4893 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Barnard, J. L. 1973. "Deep-sea Amphipoda of the genus Lepechinella (Crustacea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.133