Kaloketos
- Dataset
- Kaloketos pilosus, a new genus and species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Koenemann, Stefan, Iliffe, Thomas M., Yager, Jill (2004): Kaloketos pilosus, a new genus and species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Zootaxa 618: 1-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158346
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Remipedia
- order
- Nectiopoda
- family
- Cryptocorynetidae
- genus
- Kaloketos
diagnosis
Diagnosis. First trunk segment small, lateral pleurites greatly reduced (Fig. 2 A); all remaining pleural tergites well developed. Trunk sternites with pointed posterolateral corners (Fig. 2 A). Frontal filaments with short medial processes (Fig. 3 C). Dorsal flagella of antennules very long (Figs. 1; 3 A). Maxillipeds distinctly larger than maxillae, both limbs covered with dense fields of short, feathered setae on medial margins of most segments; horseshoetype distal claws on maxillae and maxillipeds subequal, with about 18 small denticles (Figs. 4; 5 B). Larger trunk limbs (of midtrunk region) sturdy, with expanded endo and exopods; second segment of endopod with expanded medial lobe bearing up to 32 short spines (Fig. 2 B). Anal somite slightly wider than long; caudal rami about 20 % longer than anal somite Fig. 2 F).
etymology
Etymology. Kaloketos means ' beautiful sea monster' and is composed of the Greek words kalos (beautiful) and ketos (sea monster). The gender is masculine.
materials_examined
Type species. Kaloketos pilosus n. sp.