Zimmeriana

Zimmeriana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Cumacea
Family:	Gynodiastylidae
Genus:	Zimmeriana; Hale, 1946

Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Zimmeriana is a genus of gynodiastylid cumacean. It is found from New South Wales to Western Australia, and in Japan . It contains 6 species, as of March, 2017.^[1]^[2]

Description

Zimmeriana females and sub-adult males have two pseudorostral lobes which are horizontal. The eye lobes have no lenses, and may or may not have a pair of spines. The first antenna is small to moderate in size. The first pereopod has a brush of many long setae terminally on the dactyl.^[2]

In males, the pseudorostral lobes are horizontally or vertically directed. Eye lobes with or without lenses. The second antenna's peduncle has 4 articles, and the flagellum has 7 articles. There are exopods on the third maxilliped and pereopod 1-4.^[2]

Species

Zimmeriana has 6 currently (March, 2017) accepted species:^[1]

Zimmeriana azumai Gamô, 1986
Zimmeriana lasiodactylum Zimmer, 1914
Zimmeriana longirostris Hale, 1946
Zimmeriana robustacrus Gerken, 2001
Zimmeriana spinicauda Hale, 1946
Zimmeriana vibrissa Gerken, 2001

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 WoRMS taxon details: Zimmeriana Hale, 1946. World Register Of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-02-23
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Gerken, S., 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59: 1–276.

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[worms181398-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 WoRMS taxon details: Zimmeriana Hale, 1946. World Register Of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-02-23

[gerken2001-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Gerken, S., 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59: 1–276.