Farragolamprops, Gerken, 2018

Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, Zootaxa 4428 (1), pp. 1-192 : 52

Farragolamprops n. gen.

Type species. Farragolamprops seminalis n. sp.

Diagnosis. Carapace dorsoventrally flattened, marginal carina present, eyelobe present, pseudorostral lobes short, blunt or acute. Antennule flagella well devloped, accessory flagellum at least 0.5 length of main flagellum. Maxillule palp with 1 seta. Pereopod 1 slender and long. Pereopod 5 much shorter than pereopod 4 basis, of 6 articles. Telson more than 0.5 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, without pleopods. Male with short antenna, extending to end of pereon, with penial lobes, with 3 pairs of pleopods.

Species. Farragolamprops seminalis n. sp., F. spinacristatus n. sp.

Etymology. The new genus is named Farragolamprops from the combination of the Latin farrago meaning medley or mixture, and the generic name Lamprops . The name refers to the mixture of characters present in this genus. Gender masculine.

Remarks. This genus exhibits a combination of characters that are found in Watlingia and Stenotyphlops . The maxillule palp has a single seta, as is found in Watlingia and Stenotyphlops , and the adult male has penial lobes, as does Watlingia . However, in Watlingia the uropod endopod is of 2 articles, and in the new genus, the uropod endopod is of 3 articles. In Stenotyphlops , pereopod 5 is reduced to a two article filament, and in the new genus pereopod 5 is clearly of six articles and has similar proportions to pereopods 3–4, although it is much shorter than the basis of pereopod 4.