DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15135659
title: Table 2 in New giant genus of Parabathynellidae (Crustacea: Bathynellacea): first record of Bathynellacea in an Australian cave

description: Table 2 (continued on next page). Character variability in different genera of the ‘big’ and ‘giant’ (2.5–4 mm and>4.0 mm in length, respectively) Australian and Asian Parabathynellidae and genera with more than four-segmented exopod of some thoracopods in the world. 1. Billibathynella Cho, 2005; 2. Brevisomabathynella Cho, Park & Ranga Reddy, 2006; 3. Octobathynella Camacho & Hancock, 2010; 4. Arkaroolabathynella Abrams & King, 2013; 5. Lockyerenella Camacho & Little, 2017; 6. Kampucheabathynella Cho, Kry & Chhenh, 2015; 7. Sinobathynella Camacho, Trontelj & Zagmajster, 2006; 8. Allobathynella Morimoto & Miura, 1957; 9. Paraeobathynella Camacho, 2005; 10. Sketinella Camacho, 2005; 11. Notobathynella Schminke, 1973; and 12. Megabathynella Camacho & Abrams gen. nov. Abbreviations: A = absent; AI = antennule; AII = antenna; art = article; C = cave; D.end = distal endite; End = endopod; Exp = exopod; Hom = Homonomous; Inhom = Inhomonomous; Min-max = minimum and maximun length in mm; L = Large; M = Medium-sized; Md = mandible; MxI = maxillule; N = number of; NPr = not pronounced; P = present; Pr = pronounced; R = river bank; Rect = rectangular; S = small; Sp = spring; st = setae; Symp = sympod; Th = thoracopod; ThI = thoracopod 1; ThVIII = thoracopod 8; Urp = uropod; W = well; XL = extralarge. In red character states present only in the new genus.
123456789101112. gen. nov.AI: N. art7787710106–87–986–813–15Male antennal organAAAAAAAAAAAAAII: N. art75756765–76–765–67Labrum:FlatFlatConvexFlatFlatFlatConcaveConcaveConcaveConcaveConcaveFlatN. teeth22–2812–6318–208–2230212010–2212–161214–2817–21Md: pars distalis4–64–7444433–65–864–67–14Pars molaris9–145–2086–131113144–127–1487–1018–23St Md palp1–31–3111111–21117–9MxI: claw (D.end)7–105–776–97775–8776–89–11ThI–VII:N. plumose st endp2–322222222222N st 4th art endp3–6(1–4)2–6(0–4)3(1)3–4(1–2)4(2)3(1)3(1)3–4(1–2)3(1)3(1)3–4(1–2)4–5(2)ThI: epipodPPAPPAAA/PAAA/PPExp: N art4–82–93–41–42872–43–531–311–17ThII: epipodPPPPPAAA/PAAPPThIII: epipodPPPPPPPA/PA/PPPPExp N art: ThII5–113–642–53992–64–742–413–17ThIII–V5–123–124–52–6410102–75–853–515–18ThVI–VII4–12/5–133–93–52–6410–11102–75–952–515–18ThVIII male: sizeLLLLLLLLMMMXLFormeRectSquare/RectRectRectRectRectSquareRectSquareSquareSquareRectN st endp2–31–32222222222+2/teeth (4)N st exp2–40–30101000000ThVIII femaleS (0 st)M (0 st)S (0 st)S (0 st)M (0 st)(3 st)L (2 st)M (0–1 st)L (2 st)–M (0 st)XL (3 st)PleopodA/PA/PAA/PAAAA/PAPAAUrp: Symp: spines13–286–2010–127–181325205–187–13126–1356–85Type spinesHom/InhomHom/InhomInhomInhomInhomInhomHomHom/InhomHom/InhomInhomInhomInhomExp: N st8–234–1261–84983–76–872–615–18Basiventral stA/PAAAAPPPPPAPEndp: N spines3–93–63–41–43–4240/2/5/6/7220–54–6N st2–65444442–5444–55Furca: N spines10–235–2010–137–15107–89–103–84–777–1437–46Anal operculumNPrNPrPr(S)NPrNPrPr(M)Pr(S)Pr(S–L)/NPrPr(S–XL)Pr(M)Pr(S–M)/NPrNPrLength Min–max2.2–6.31.1–4,61.3–2.10.8–3.31.6–2.04.5–4.73.5–3.71.6–3.32.61.91.3–2.74.4–5.9HabitatWWRSp/R/RWCR/W/CCCR/W/CC
description: Published as part of Camacho, Ana I., Abrams, Kym M. & Moulds, Tim, 2024, New giant genus of Parabathynellidae (Crustacea: Bathynellacea): first record of Bathynellacea in an Australian cave, pp. 60-61 in European Journal of Taxonomy 935 on page 60, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.935.2545, http://zenodo.org/record/11244606