Antipodarctus, Holthuis, 2002

Holthuis, Lipke B., 2002, The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae), Zoosystema 24 (3), pp. 499-683 : 551

Genus Antipodarctus n. gen.

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Scyllarus aoteanus Powell, 1949 by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — A combination of the word antipodes (anti [Greek] = opposite; pous, podos [Greek] = foot) = those that live on the opposite side of the globe, and the generic name Arctus De Haan, 1849 , a junior synonym of Scyllarus Fabricius, 1775 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace with cardiac, gastric, pregastric and rostral teeth; gastric lower than pregastric and two-topped; cardiac tooth also two-topped. Abdomen with arborescent pattern of narrow grooves; pleura ending in blunt tops. No median carina on the abdominal somites, but the median lobulated figure of somites II and III slightly elevated. Fourth segment of antenna with two oblique carinae a strong median one ending in the top of the segment and a shorter outer one ending in the lower of the teeth of the lateral margin. Thoracic sternum U-shaped incised anteriorly with two distinct and sharp submedian tubercles. Sternum itself with a pattern of short carinae and tubercles along the sides.

DISTRIBUTION. — The genus so far is only known from New Zealand waters.

REMARKS

It will be dealt with more extensively in a work in preparation by Dr John C. Yaldwyn.