A revision of Psamathea (Harpacticoida: Leptastacidae) with description of P. brittanica spec. nov.
Huys, R.; Bodiou, J.-Y.; Bodin, P. (1996). A revision of Psamathea (Harpacticoida: Leptastacidae) with description of P. brittanica spec. nov. Vie Milieu (1980) 46(1): 7-19
In: Vie et Milieu. Observatoire Oceanographique Banyuls: Banyuls-sur-Mer. ISSN 0240-8759
The interstitial harpacticoid genus Psamathea Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989 (Leptastacidae) is revised. The type species P. nautarum is redescribed on the basis of new material collected from the shallow subtidal off Banyuls-sur-Mer. Notopontia (?) sp. sensu Bodin (1984) from the Bay of Douarnenez in Brittany is described as the second species in the genus: P brittanica sp. n. The problematic phylogenetic position of Psamathea in the Leptastacidae is re-assessed in the light of the new information available. The resemblance in caudal ramus structure and swimming leg sexual dimorphism favours a sistergroup relationship with Paraleptastacus C.B. Wilson.
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