Vemana geyserensis Ledoyer, 1986

Hendrycks, Ed A. & Thurston, Michael H., 2025, Two new species of Vemana Barnard, 1964 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Vemanidae) from abyssal depths in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 5653 (1), pp. 97-115 : 112

Vemana geyserensis Ledoyer, 1986

Vemana geyserensis Ledoyer, 1986: 1022–1024 , fig. 404.

Diagnosis. Lateral cephalic lobe narrowly rounded, about as long as rostrum; antenna 1 peduncle article 2 lacking distoventral tooth; coxa 1 strongly produced anteroventrally, apically rounded, length greater than depth, anterior margin concave; coxa 4 lacking posterodistal lobe; gnathopod 1 propodus and carpus subequal; gnathopod 2 palm almost transverse; pereopod 7, basis with posterior margin convex; epimeron 3 angular, weakly produced posterodistally into a small acute tooth; telson cleft about 50%, lobes tapering, subtriangular.

Locality. Western Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel, NE of Banc du Geyser, Station DE 12, (Campagne Benthédi), 2500 m.

Abundance. Known from four specimens, including the 5 mm (sex?) holotype and an 8 mm ovigerous female (only epimeron 3 is drawn of female specimen).