Leptostylis G. O. Sars 1869
- Dataset
- New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Cumacea
- family
- Diastylidae
- genus
- Leptostylis
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Carapace globular, pleon narrow. Pereopods 3 – 4 with rudimentary exopods in female. Telson short with no more than 2 pairs of lateral setae. Adult male. Antennule greatly expanded, with multitudes of setae on peduncle article 3. Antenna not extending to telson.
discussion
Remarks. There are very few species of Leptostylis or the closely related Austroleptostylis in Australian and New Zealand waters. New Zealand species. Leptostylis wisniewskiae n. sp., L. zealandiensis n. sp.
materials_examined
Type species. Diastylis longimana Sars, 1865 by subsequent designation (Lomakina, 1958).