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Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracardia) Of The Gulf Of Mexico. Viii., Barbara J. Viskup, Richard W. Heard
Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracardia) Of The Gulf Of Mexico. Viii., Barbara J. Viskup, Richard W. Heard
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Pseudosphyrapus siegi, n. sp. is described from benthic samples collected in deep water (595-2400 m) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Of the five currently recognized species of Pseudosphyrapus Cup, 1980, P. siegi is most closely related to P. dispar (Lang, 1968), a southwestem Pacific cognate and only other member of the genus having a squama on antenna 2. Pseudosphyrapus siegi is distinguished from P. dispar by: (1) a more triangular, but less acute, rostrum (2) the presence of two 4-pronged spines on the second maxilla (homologous spines on P. dispar are 3-pronged), and (3) the absence of a …