Pseudoarchaeocuma, Gerken, 2018

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 169-170

Pseudoarchaeocuma n. gen.

Diagnosis. Carapace dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina present, eyelobe present, pseudorostral lobes short, blunt. Antennule flagella well developed, accessory flagellum at least 0.5 length of main flagellum. Mandible navicular. Maxillule palp with 2 unequal setae. Pereopod 1 unknown. Pereopod 5 shorter than pereopod 4 basis. Telson long, at least 2/3 length of uropod peduncles. Uropod endopod of 3 articles. Uropod exopod article 1 0.2 length of article 2, or less. Female with fully developed exopod on pereopod 2, rudimentary exopods on pereopods 3–4, with 2 pairs of small pleopods. Male unknown.

Etymology. The new genus is named Pseudoarchaeocuma due to similiarity to the genus Archaeocuma in the presence of pleopods in the female. Gender neuter.

Type species. Pseudoarchaeocuma bacescui .

Remarks The new genus is similar to Archaeocuma ; however, the new genus can be separated from Archaeocuma by the presence of two pairs of pleopods in the female, rather than one pair as in Archaeocuma .