Selvacaprella, Guerra-García & Tato & Moreira, 2018

Guerra-García, José M., Tato, Ramiro & Moreira, Juan, 2018, Caprellidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) from deep-sea waters off Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula) with the description of a new genus and three new species, Zootaxa 4532 (2), pp. 151-202 : 183

Selvacaprella gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Flagellum of antenna 1 more than 2-articulate. Flagellum of antenna 2 two-articulate, swimming setae absent. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pereopods 3 and 4 uni-articulate. Pereopod 5 five-articulate. Pereopods 6–7 sixarticulate. Mandible molar present; palp 3-articulate, setal formula for distal article 1-x- 1 (although it could be also considered 1-x- 0 from proximal to distal end since the distal seta is not as long as the proximal one). Outer plate of maxilliped longer than inner plate. Abdomen with a pair of vestigial appendages

Type species. Selvacaprella jimenoi sp. nov.

Etymology. The species name refers to “A Selva”, the interesting deep-sea area located in the Northwest of Galicia where most of the specimens of this new genus were collected.