Vemana touzeti Ortiz & Winfield, 2022

Vemana touzeti Ortiz & Winfield, 2022 View in CoL

Vemana touzeti Ortiz & Winfield, 2022: 585–593 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 2–5.

Diagnosis. Lateral cephalic lobe subacute, much longer than short rostrum; antenna 1 peduncle article 2 with distoventral tooth; coxa 1 subrectangular, depth greater than length, with small tooth at anteroventral angle, anterior margin convex; coxa 4 with prominent acute, posterodistal lobe; gnathopod 1 propodus and carpus subequal; gnathopod 2 lacking palm [authors state that it has a transverse palm, although this condition is not apparent in the illustration]; pereopod 7 posterior margin convex, with 6 teeth, one more prominent than the others; epimeron 3 produced posteriorly, with small acute tooth distally; telson subovate, cleft more than 50% [authors state it is cleft 33%, but as shown in their figure 5D, it appears to be cleft from 41–70%], lobes tapering, subtriangular.

Locality. SW Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Campeche, cruise site CH-25, 20°15’57.59” N 94°05’34.80” W, 20 September 2010, 1492 m.

Abundance. Known only from the 7.5 mm male holotype, CNCR36469 .