Pseudoliropus, Guerra-García & Ahyong, 2020

Guerra-García, José M. & Ahyong, Shane T., 2020, A New Genus and Two New Species of Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mesophotic and Deep-sea Waters of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2), pp. 45-62 : 47

Pseudoliropus gen. nov.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ 904A1ABE-2698-40DE-A5B4-CC26549DF905

Diagnosis. Antenna 1 flagellum with more than 2 articles. Antenna 2 flagellum 2-articulate, swimming setae absent. Pereonites 3 and 4 with gills. Pereopods 3 and 4 uniarticulate. Pereopod 5 3-articulate. Pereopods 6 and 7 6-articulate. Mandible molar absent; mandible palp 2-articulate. Abdomen without appendages.

Type species. Pseudoliropus keablei sp. nov.

Etymology. The new genus superficiallY resembles the genus Liropus . The name is, therefore, composed of Pseudo - (=not genuine) and Liropus . Gender: masculine.