Zimmeriana

Zimmeriana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
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. WoRMS taxon details: Zimmeriana Hale, 1946. World Register Of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-02-23
2. Gerken, S., 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59: 1–276.