Zimmeriana

Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Zimmeriana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Malacostraca
Superorder:  | Peracarida
Order:  | Cumacea
Family:  | Gynodiastylidae
Genus:  | Zimmeriana
Hale, 1946 [1]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WoRMS taxon details: Zimmeriana Hale, 1946. World Register Of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-02-23
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gerken, S., 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59: 1–276.

Wikidata ☰ Q6497617 entry

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