Meeting Abstract

P3.36  Wednesday, Jan. 6  The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) GEKREN, Sarah; University of Alaska, Anchorage sarah.gerken@uaa.alaska.edu

Lampropid cumaceans are characterized by having 3 or more terminal setae on the telson and 0-3 pairs of pleopods in the male. At present, about 100 lampropid species are described, but an additional 28 provisional species and 5 provisional genera are described, in addition to an overview of the systematics and biogeography of the family. Among the new genera and species described are 5 species in which the adult males bear a pair of penial lobes, heretofore only known from 3 other genera and no lampropids. Two of the new species also have a novel ventral structure in the adult male.