Spiny Goldfields Slater
Pseudodiploexochus
FP-12412
Discoverer: S. Judd (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12412
Pseudodiploexochus FP-12412 male, lateral (WAM C63316)
Image: A. Greenhill (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6525Diagnosis
Frontal ridge interrupted by medial groove and slightly raised from vertex of head. Telson with corresponding medial lobe to occupy groove on frontal shield when animal conglobating. Distinct longitudinal rows of paddle or spine like structures with larger rectangular structure in centre of posterior part of the head.
This species is atypical and is tentatively placed in Pseudodiploexochus. The interlocking lobe structure on the second pereonite and the shape of the telson are different to other Pseudodiploexochus found in Western Australia.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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