Rotomelita J.L. Barnard, 1977

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Rotomelita J.L. Barnard, 1977

Diagnosis

(from Barnard 1977). Accessory flagellum 3+ articulate; mandibular palp thin, weak, articles linear, article 3 bearing few apical setae only; lower lip with small but fully discrete inner lobes; inner plate of maxilla 1 with only terminal setae; inner plate of maxilla 2 lacking medial setae; maxillipedal palp 4-articulate, article 4 unguiform; gnathopods ordinary, gnathopod 2 larger than gnathopod 1, lacking fuzz on article 5; uropod 3 greatly overreaching uropod 1, inner ramus small and scale-like, outer ramus immensely elongate, bearing short article 2; telson short, cleft, lobes very broad and apically truncate; urosomite 1 bearing 1 subdorsal spine on each side, otherwise pleonites dorsally smooth; anterior coxae (1-4) longer than posterior coxae (5-7); some gills pediculate.

Type species.

Rotomelita lokoa J.L. Barnard, 1977 (type by original designation).

Species composition.

Rotomelita ana J.L. Barnard, 1977; Rotomelita lokoa J.L. Barnard, 1977; Rotomelita longipropoda sp. n. (this study).