Pseudodiastylis benthedii Ledoyer, 1988 Pseudodiastylis benthedii Ledoyer, 1988: 149–150, fig. 13. Type material. Holotype: MNHN, adult male. Southeast of the Iles Glorieuses, Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean, 11°44’S, 47°35’E. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace without ridges, covered in spines; pseudorostrum less than 0.5 carapace length. Adult male unknown. Depth. 3716 m. Distribution. Mayotte Islands, Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean, 11°44’S, 47°35’E. Remarks. This species is similar to Pseudodiastylis ferox in being covered in spines; however, P. benthedii has a much shorter pseudorostrum, much less than 0.5 the carapace length. In P. ferox the pseudorostrum is more than 0.5 the carapace length.

Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on pages 173-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771