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Issue: Vol. 1829 No. 1: 25 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1829.1.3
Page range: 52–60
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the genus Atopobathynella Schminke, 1973 (Crustacea, Syncarida, Bathynellacea) from the hyporheic zone of the River Godavari, South India

Department of Zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar 522 510, India
Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Oldenburg, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Oldenburg, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Crustacea Parabathynellidae Atopobathynella Kimberleybathynella India Gondwanan distribution

Abstract

Atopobathynella Schminke, 1973 is the third genus of Parabathynellidae to be discovered in India. A. operculata sp. n. shows three characters, which are unique within Parabathynellidae: fusion of the inner flagellum of the antennule with the first segment of the outer flagellum, presence of a single seta on the lateral surface of the uropodal sympod, and conspicuous tubes on the labrum. A. operculata sp. n. is also the first species of the genus with an inhomonomous spine row on the uropodal sympod and with an anal operculum almost reaching the end of the furca. Atopobathynella has a Gondwanan distribution, and is being reported for the first time from Asia.

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