Borikenella, Guerra-García, José M., Chatterjee, Tapas & Schizas, Nikolaos V., 2015

Guerra-García, José M., Chatterjee, Tapas & Schizas, Nikolaos V., 2015, New genus and new species of Caprellidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) from the mesophotic coral ecosystems of Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Caribbean Sea, Zootaxa 4018 (1) : -

Borikenella gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Flagellum of antenna 1 more than 2-articulate. Flagellum of antenna 2 two-articulate, swimming setae absent. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pereopods 3 and 4 three-articulate. Pereopods 5–7 six-articulate. Mandible molar present; palp 3-articulate, setal formula for distal article 1-x- 0. Outer plate of maxilliped longer than inner plate. Abdomen without appendages.

Type species. Borikenella spinosa sp. nov.

Etymology. The original inhabitants of Puerto Rico were the Taino Indians who came originally from South America between 3000 and 2000 B.C. Boriken was the name given by the Tainos to Puerto Rico, and means “the great land of the valiant and noble lord”. The suffix – ella (latin) means little and it has been often used for caprellid genera ( Caprella , Deutella , Pseudaeginella , Pseudoprotella , etc.).