Thomas E. Bowman and Thomas M. Iliffe. 1985. Mictocaris halope, a new
unusual peracaridan crustacean from marine caves on Bermuda. Journal of Crustacean
Biology, 5:58-73.
A new family, Mictocarididae, is proposed for Mictocaris
halope, a new genus and species of peracarid crustacean from 4 marine caves
on Bermuda. The Mictocarididae do not fit into any known peracaridan
order, and a new order, Mictacea, is erected for it and for the Hirsutiidae of
Sanders, Hessler, and Garner, 1985 (preceding paper in this journal) by Bowman
et al., 1985 (immediately following paper). Mictocaris
differs from Hirsutia in possessing eyestalks and a rostrum, an
anteriorly rounded labium, marginal setae on the mandibular palp, nonsetose
oostegites arising medially, and a periopod 2 that is not enlarged.
Thomas E. Bowman, deceased - Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail:
iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: Mictocaris; crustacean; marine caves; Bermuda.
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