Bathycuma squamosa Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005
Holotype.
South Atlantic Ocean • juv. ♂; Angola Basin, DIVA I exped., FS Meteor stat. M 48 / 1-318 - 1; 22 ° 20.0 ' S, 03 ° 18.3 ' E to 22 ° 20.2 ' S, 03 ° 18.4 ' E [- 22.33297, 3.30567; - 22.33747, 3.30732]; 5125–5144 [5179–5180] m depth; 09 July 2000; Angelika Brandt & J. Wolfgang Wägele leg.; epibenthic sledge; ZMH - K- 040424.
Paratype.
* • juv. ♂; Angola Basin, DIVA I exped., FS Meteor stat. M 48 / 1-340 - 1; l 8 ° 18.3 ' S, 04 ° 41.3 ' E to 18 ° 19.4 ' S, 04 ° 41.9 ' E [- 18.28822, 4.68683; - 18.32237, 4.69722]; 5395 [5419] m depth; 22 July 2000; Angelika Brandt & J. Wolfgang Wägele leg.; epibenthic sledge; specimen dissected, appendages mounted on a permanent slide; ZMH - K- 040425.
Diagnosis.
Very long pleonite 5 with scaly structure. Uropod exopod longer than endopod (after Mühlenhardt-Siegel 2005 a).
Distribution.
Southeast Atlantic, Cape, Angola, and Guinea Basins, 3154–5395 m depth (Mühlenhardt-Siegel 2005 a, 2014).
Publication Date: 2026-06-05