Platytyphlops carpusserratus (Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005) n. comb. Paralamprops carpusserratus Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2005: 119–122, figs 4–5. Type material. Holotype: ZMH K 40,420, subadult female (broken). Paratype: ZMH K 40,421, adult male, damaged. Angola Basin, 22°20.0’– 22°20.20’S, 3°18.3’– 3°18.40’E. Not seen. Diagnosis. Carapace without lateral ridges, marginal carina of blunt teeth, no ridges on pseudorostrum; eyelobe without lenses or tumidities. Antennule article 1 not expanded; accessory flagellum 0.6 main flagellum. Telson shorter than uropod peduncles, with 3 terminal setae, terminal setae equal. Uropod endopod article 1shorter than length of articles 2 and 3 together. Adult male with long antennal flagellum. Depth. 5125–5395 m. Distribution. Angola Basin, 18°18’– 22°20’S, 3°18’– 4°41’E. Remarks. Only two specimens of this species are known. This species is most similar to Platytyphlops corolliferus, but can be differentiated by the teeth in the marginal carina being of equal size, while in A. corolliferus the teeth decrease in size posteriorly.

Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2018, The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World, pp. 1-192 in Zootaxa 4428 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769771