Lepidepecreoides torresi Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 2002, n.sp.
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Stoddart, H. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Tryphosidae
Lepidepecreoides
Lepidepecreoides torresi

description: <i>Lepidepecreoides torresi</i> n.sp. Figs. 7–9 <b>Type material</b>. HOLOTYPE, female, with non-setose oostegites, 6.8 mm, AM P57734, E of Cape York, Australia, Coral Sea, 10°32.72'S 144°12.8'E, 780–795 m, epibenthic sled, P. Hutchings <i>et al</i>., 20 August 1988, RV <i>Franklin</i>, stn 06/88-03. <b>Type locality</b>. East of Cape York, Australia, Coral Sea, 10°32.72'S 144°12.8'E, 780–795 m depth. <b>Description</b>. Based on holotype female, 6.8 mm. Head with lateral cephalic lobe subtriangular, apically subacute; eyes apparently absent. Antenna 1 peduncular articles 1 and 2 without anterodistal lobe; accessory flagellum 2-articulate, terminal article small, offset; flagellum with strong 2-field callynophore; robust setae present on proximal articles; calceoli absent. Antenna 2 flagellum short, calceoli absent. [Epistome/upper lip unknown]. <i>Mandible</i> molar columnar with oval, fully triturating surface; <i>palp attached distally</i>, article 3 with proximal A3-seta. Maxilla 1 outer plate with left and right setal-tooth 7 symmetrical, cuspidate distally along inner margin; palp distal margin with apical robust setae. Maxilliped outer plate with 2 (one slender, one broad) apical robust setae. <i>Gnathopod 1 subchelate</i>; coxa large, about as long as coxa 2, subrectangular with straight anterior margin; basis sparsely setose along anterior margin; ischium short; carpus long (2.3 × breadth), longer than propodus, without posterior lobe; <i>propodus</i> small, margins subparallel, <i>palm slightly acute</i>. Pereonite 2 without mid-dorsal carina. Gnathopod 2 palm transverse. Pereonite 3 without mid-dorsal carina. Pereonite 4 without mid-dorsal carina. Pereopod 4 coxa with a weak posteroventral lobe (posterior margin concave). Pereonite 5 without mid-dorsal carina. <i>Pereopod 5</i> coxa with distinct lateral ridge; <i>basis</i> about as long as broad, posterior margin with mid-central spine, <i>with welldeveloped wedge-shaped posteroventral lobe</i>. Pereonite 6 without mid-dorsal carina. Pereonite 7 without mid-dorsal carina. Pereopod 7 basis posterodistally produced, not reaching merus, not posterodistally excavate. Pleonite 1 without mid-dorsal carina. Pleonite 2 without mid-dorsal carina. <i>Pleonite 3 with mid-dorsal carina, not dorsodistally produced, posterodorsal margin produced</i>. Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth, posteroventral corner broadly rounded. Urosomite 1 with deep notch and subtriangular, acutely produced boss. Uropod 3 outer ramus article 2 short; with plumose setae on each ramus. <i>Telson</i> deeply cleft, with dorsal robust setae, <i>with 1 apical robust seta on each lobe</i>. <b>Etymology</b>. Named for Luis Vaez de Torres, commander of the <i>San Pedro</i>, which, in 1606, was the first European vessel to sail through the strait that now bears Torres’ name. <b>Distribution</b>. Coral Sea, western South Pacific Ocean; 780– 795 m depth.
description: Published as part of <i>Lowry, J. K. &amp; Stoddart, H. E., 2002, The Lysianassoid Amphipod Genera Lepidepecreoides and Lepidepecreum in Southern Waters (Crustacea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae), pp. 335-364 in Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3)</i> on page 344, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1329