“Bythocypris spiriscutica, new species
FIGURES 49e-i, 50, 51
ETYMOLOGY—Latin spira, coil + scutica, whip, lash.
TYPE-SPECIMENS—Holotype male USNM 121395; paratypes USNM 121396, 121397.
TYPE-LOCALITY—Eltanin station 1248.
DIAGNOSIS—Carapace much inflated, lateral outlines nearly oval with minimal posterodorsal concavity, dorsal outline bluntly rounded at anterior and posterior ends.
Male antenna with long distal claw, 3 shorter setae, and thick segmented rod; vibratory plate of first thoracic leg with 15 long unfeathered setae and 6 shorter setae; copulatory organ with hemioval basal part, scoop-shaped distal part, and long spirally coiled copulatory tube.
DIMENSIONS—Adult male USNM 121395, left valve, length 1.55 mm, height 0.88 mm; right valve, length 1.50 mm, height 0.86 mm
Adult female USNM 121396, left valve, length 1.60 mm, height 0.92 mm; right valve, length 1.53 mm, height 0.89 mm.
MATERIAL—Specimens, 34 living at Eltanin station 1248” (Maddocks 1969b, p.96-99)
