Neopleustes kussakini ( Budnikova, 1995 )

Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2021, Review of amphipods of the family Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874 (Crustacea Amphipoda) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). I. Subfamily Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, Zootaxa 4974 (2), pp. 267-306 : 296

Neopleustes kussakini ( Budnikova, 1995)

Figures 1g , 4g , 5f , 22

Parapleustes (?) kussakini Budnikova, 1995: 15–21 , figs. 4–7.— Budnikova & Bezrukov 2003: 208.

Neopleustes kussakini ( Budnikova, 1995) — Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: 98–100, fig. 28.— Dzhurinskyi 2013: 135.

Distribution: North-West Pacifica: Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea in depth range of 80–185 m on stones, pebbles, shell, various sands and silt ( Budnikova 1995; Budnikova & Bezrukov 2003; Dzhurinskyi 2013). In our collections it is absent.

Remarks. The distal process of palp segment 3 of maxilliped is present, but not conspicuous ( Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: Tzvetkova, personal communication).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, lateral view: a—Neopleustes boecki boecki (Hansen, 1888) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), b—N. boecki pacifica ssp. nov., c—N. carinatus Margulis, 1963 (original image by author), d—N. columbianus Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 27), e—N. euacanthoides Gurjanova, 1972 (modified from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 18), f—N. euacanthus (G. Sars, 1876) (modified from Sars 1885: Pl. 14), g—N. kussakini (Budnikova, 1995) (modified from Budnikova 1995), h—N. pulchellus pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), i—N. pulchellus asiaticus ssp. nov., j—Shoemakeroides cornigerus (Shoemaker, 1964) (modified from Shoemaker 1964: fig. 9), k—Sh. gagarae (Gurjanova, 1972) (from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 16), l—Hendrycksopleustes neimanii sp. nov.

FIGURE 4. Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, pereopod 1 (gnathopod 1): a—Neopleustes boecki boecki (Hansen, 1888) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), b—N. boecki pacifica ssp. nov., c—N. carinatus Margulis, 1963 (original image by author), d—N. columbianus Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 27), e—N. euacanthoides Gurjanova, 1972 (modified from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 19), f—N. euacanthus (G. Sars, 1876) (modified from Sars 1885: Pl. 14), g—N. kussakini (Budnikova, 1995) (modified from Budnikova 1995), h—N. pulchellus pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), i—N. pulchellus asiaticus ssp. nov., j—Shoemakeroides cornigerus (Shoemaker, 1964) (modified from Shoemaker 1964: fig. 9), k—Sh. gagarae (Gurjanova, 1972) (from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 17), l—Hendrycksopleustes neimanii sp. nov.

FIGURE 5. Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, pereopod 2 (gnathopod 2): a—Neopleustes boecki boecki (Hansen, 1888) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), b—N. boecki pacifica ssp. nov., c—N. carinatus Margulis, 1963 (original image by author), d—N. columbianus Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 27), e—N. euacanthoides Gurjanova, 1972 (modified from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 19), f—N. kussakini (Budnikova, 1995) (modified from Budnikova 1995), g—N. pulchellus pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), h—N. pulchellus asiaticus ssp. nov., i—Shoemakeroides cornigerus (Shoemaker, 1964) (modified from Shoemaker 1964: fig. 9), j—Sh. gagarae (Gurjanova, 1972) (from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 17), k—Hendrycksopleustes neimanii sp. nov.

FIGURE 22. Distribution of Neopleustinae species