Vemana compressa Barnard, 1964

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

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Vemana compressa Barnard, 1964 View in CoL

Vemana compressa Barnard, 1964: 39 View in CoL , fig. 30. (type species)

Diagnosis. Lateral cephalic lobe broadly rounded, about as long as rostrum; antenna 1 peduncle article 2 lacking distoventral tooth; coxa 1 subrectangular, length greater than depth, anteroventral angle lacking tooth, anterior margin concave; coxa 4 lacking posterodistal lobe; gnathopod 1 propodus one-third longer than carpus; gnathopod 2 palm oblique; pereopod 7, basis with posterior margin convex; epimeron 3 produced posteriorly, posterodistal corner rounded; telson cleft less than 50%, lobes tapering, convex laterally.

Locality. Caribbean Sea, 10°11’ N 78°30’ W, Station V-15-14, 9 November 1958, 1826 m.

Abundance. Known only from the 5.1 mm male holotype, AMNH No. 12342 .