Vemana lemuresa Barnard, 1967

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.1.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15821706
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scientific name	Vemana lemuresa Barnard, 1967
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Vemana lemuresa Barnard, 1967 View in CoL

Vemana lemuresa Barnard, 1967: 188–190 View in CoL , fig. 92.

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 subacute, length greater than depth, anterior margin concave; coxa 4 lacking posterodistal lobe; gnathopod 1 propodus and carpus subequal; gnathopod 2 palm oblique; pereopod 7, basis with posterior margin constricted; epimeron 3 strongly produced posteriorly, with strong tooth posterodistally; telson cleft about 50%, lobes tapering, subtriangular.

Locality. East Pacific Ocean, off Baja California. Holotype: Station 7249, 27°36’25” N 115° 56’25” W, 4 January 1961, 3705–3745 m. Male: Station 7228, 27°37’17” N 115°49’16” W, 30 December 1960, 3718–4392 m. GoogleMaps Abundance. Known from the 10 mm female holotype, AHF No. 6113 and an 8.8 mm male .