Description

Description. Shell yellowish. Movable scutum elongately triangular, apex distinctly beaked, projecting freely; surface with numerous articular ridges. Movable tergum large, quadrangular; surface with strongly developed, curved axial articular ridge. Carina and rostrum irregular quadrangular, with carina higher, rostrum broader. Fixed tergum with two parts: (1) triangular portion very narrow at apex, slightly broader in its inferior (2) flat and broad part at a rear portion of shell. Fixed scutum pointed with distinctly beaked apex; composed of broader, nearly flat, triangular portion and narrower inflected portion, only widening towards its inferior. Base of shell elongatedly oval-shaped. Cirrus I with rami very unequal (anterior ramus: 12 - segmented, posterior ramus: 28 - segmented); cirrus VI with caudal appendages. Maxilla bilobed, fringed with setae, except on the notch; maxillule widely notched, horizontally elongated, two large spines above notch, numerous dense setae at notch; mandible with three teeth excluding inferior angle; labrum slightly concave, conical teeth on cutting margin.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Maxillopoda

Order: Sessilia

Family: Verrucidae

Genus: Altiverruca

Species: Altiverruca spec (Hoek, 1913)