Lepechinella chrysotheras Stebbing 1908

Lepechinella chrysotheras Stebbing

Lepechinella chrysotheras Stebbing, 1908:192–193, pl. 27.–K. H. Barnard, 1925:356–357.–Stephensen, 1944:19.

DIAGNOSIS.–Anterior dorsal teeth half as long as coxa 2, posterior teeth two-thirds as long as coxa 2, pereonite 1 with two teeth, pereonite 2 to pleonite 4 with one main tooth, pereonites 6–7 with one small accessory tooth, pleonites 1–3 with two small accessory teeth; body naked; epimera 1–3 posteriorly convex, each posteroventral corner with medium sharp tooth, sinus well developed on epimeron 3, slightly on epimera 1–2; rostrum extending along 40 percent of article 1 on antenna 1, cephalic teeth either absent or overlooked; mandibular palp article 3 slightly longer than article 1, article 2 about 3 times length of article 3; coxa 1 evenly bifid one-third or more its length, coxa 2 with long anterior spike reaching apex of coxa 1, with posterior extension near base but not bifid, coxae 3–4 bifid but anterior limb as long as coxae 1–2 and posterior limb very short, coxae 3–4 with slight anterior bulge, coxae 5–6 bifid, 6 evenly, 5 with posterior limb shorter than anterior, coxa 7 with rounded anterior lobe and sharply extended posteroventral corner; accessory flagellum elongate, apparently 1-articulate; telson cleft halfway, lobes thin, each with one long apical setal spine; uropods 1 and 3 with inner ramus slightly shorter than outer ramus; uropod 2 ordinary.

REMARKS.–K. H. Barnard’s South African specimens differ in the obsolescence of posterior cusps or limbs of coxae 3–7 and epimera 1–3; possibly they represent a subspecies.

DISTRIBUTION.–North of British Isles, 59°41′N, 03°08′W, 850 m; 61°15′N, 09°35′W, 900 m; off South Africa, 700 fms.