Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-25-2017
Department
Marine Science
Abstract
Brachylicoa lui sp. n. is described from the coastal waters of the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu. It is distinguished from the other four nominal members of Brachylicoa by a combination of characters including (1) an incised margin between base of rostrum and carapace, (2) mandible palp article-1 with cluster of 20–25 simple setae, (3) maxillule biarticulate palp ending in eight “cleaning’ setae, (4) maxilliped inner sub-distal margin with two stout spiniform seta, and (5) pereopod-6 with carpus having three plumose setae on mid-dorsal margin. Brachylicoa (=Apseudes) babelmandebensis sensu Guţu is tentatively transferred to the genus Saltipedis Guţu sensu lato. Brachylicoa lui is the only member of the genus known from the mid-Pacific Region and the Northern Hemisphere; the other species of the genus are known from the western Pacific and Indian Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere. A key to separate the four nominal species of Brachylicoa species is presented.
Publication Title
Zoosystematics and Evolution
Volume
93
Issue
2
First Page
413
Last Page
435
Recommended Citation
Morales-Núñez, A. G.,
Ulrich, S.,
Heard, R. W.
(2017). Brachylicoa lui, a New Species of Parapseudid Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha), From the Hawaiian Islands, With a Taxonomic Key. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 93(2), 413-435.
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