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Published: 2009-06-11
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Cubadeutella cavernicola, a new genus and species of Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Cuba

Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de la Habana, Calle 16, No. 114, Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de la Habana, Calle 16, No. 114, Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Crustacea Amphipoda Caprellidea new genus Cuba

Abstract

Cubadeutella cavernicola new genus, new species, is described based on specimens collected from a cave of southern Cuba, Caribbean Sea. Cubadeutella new genus is close to Deutella, but presents a higher number of plesiomorphic characters: the number of articles in antenna 1 is higher in Cubadeutella (20–22) than in Deutella (7–14); the flagellum of antenna 2 in Cubadeutella is 4 articulate while it is 2-articulate in Deutella and the pereopods 3 and 4 are 4-articulate in Cubadeutella and 1 or 2-articulate in Deutella. Cubadeutella, together with Triantella and Protellina are the only genera in the Caprellinae with the flagellum of antennae 2 more than 2-articulate, and the presence of 4-articulate pereopod 3 and 4 is unique in the Caprellidae.

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