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2017

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Brachylicoa Lui, A New Species Of Parapseudid Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha), From The Hawaiian Islands, With A Taxonomic Key, Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Sterling Ulrich, Richard W. Heard Nov 2017

Brachylicoa Lui, A New Species Of Parapseudid Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha), From The Hawaiian Islands, With A Taxonomic Key, Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Sterling Ulrich, Richard W. Heard

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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 …