Abstract
Lepidepecreoides stoddartae sp. nov. is described from the Falkland Islands. Previous reports of Lepidepecreoides K.H. Barnard, 1931 species usually include only a few specimens. The material examined is considered a large collection, with 12 individuals collected during benthic sampling by commercial oil and gas exploration. Lepidepecreoides stoddartae sp. nov. is the seventh species described in the genus, and can be presently defined by the gnathopod 1 propodus palm acute, pereopod 7 basis posterior margin serrations, and variation in the position, size and sculpturing of the projections on the pereopods 5 basis, pleonites and urosomite 1. An updated world key to the known species of Lepidepecreoides K.H. Barnard, 1931 is provided.
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