Apseudes abditospina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apseudoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Tanaidacea Subordo: Apseudomorpha Superfamilia: Apseudoidea

Familia: Apseudidae
Subfamilia: Apseudinae
Genus: Apseudes
Species: Apseudes abditospina

Name

• Apseudes abditospina (Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007: 111, figs 1–3)

Holotype: NMV J53137, ♀, 18/11/1981, (BSS 178), Wilson, RS et al.

Type locality: Australia, Victoria, Eastern Bass Strait, 20 km SE of Port Albert (38º43.04'S, 144º18.02'E), 79 m.

Etymology: From the Latin abditus – hidden, secret, and spina – a thorn or spine, referring to the maxilliped palp inner spines and the proximal spiniform apophysis on the basis of pereopods 1 to 3 (noun in apposition).

Mentions

• Annexos abditospina Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007b, 111–116, figs 1–3.
• Apseudes abditospina Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012: 2 (comb. nov.).

References

• Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N., 2007b: New apseudomorph tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Eastern Australia: Apseudidae, Whiteleggiidae, Metapseudidae and Pagurapseudidae. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 64: 107–148.

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• Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N. 2012. The shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 1–235. BHL. Reference page.