Somalis, Barros & Oliveira, 2023

Barros, Olga Alcântara & Oliveira, Paulo Victor De, 2023, New Dendrobranchiata fossil preserved in the Brazilian Cretaceous (Aptian / Albian) from the Araripe Basin, Piauí State, Zootaxa 5264 (4), pp. 545-563 : 549-550

Somalis n. gen.

Type species: Somalis piauiensis n. gen. n. sp. By the present designation.

Etymology: This genus is dedicated to the paleontologist Maria Somália Sales Viana, in recognition of her extensive contributions to the studies of geology and paleontology of the Araripe Basin, as well as Brazilian fossils. Gender feminine.

Diagnosis: Carapace with antennal and branchiostegal spines. Long rostrum, with thirteen evident dorsal spines yielding a serrate appearance. Laminar scaphocerite large, lateral margin weakly rounded, longer than rostrum. Pleura of second pleonal somite overlapping the third but not the first. First and second pleonal somites approximately the same size, the third slightly larger, and the fourth and fifth approximately the same size. Sixth somite elongated and approximately twice the length of the previous somites. Telson smaller than uropods, with the lateral margin weakly rounded.