A new species of Lepidepecreum Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Tryphosidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the abyssal east Pacific

The Tryphosidae is a species-rich family of the order Amphipoda. During the survey of the abyssal depths of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the east Pacific, a new species of the genus Lepidepecreum was found. The species is here illustrated and described in detail; a confocal laser scanning microscope image and a molecular barcode are also provided.

Lepidepecreum myla sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the presence of a dorsal carina on all pereonites, moderately cleft telson (1 / 3 of the length), and a weak distal expansion of P 7 basis, not extending longer than mid-merus. This study provides the first record of the genus from abyssal depths.