Lutamator Bradford, 1969
Taxonomic description:
Female. (Description after Bradford (1969b) and Alvarez (1984) with modifications). Total length 5.15-5.20 mm. Cephalothorax 3, or more than 4 times longer than abdomen. Cephalon and Th1, as well as Th4-Th5 fused. Rostrum like blunt rounded plate. Crest absent. Th5 and genital segment symmetrical, Th5 pointed. A1 24-segmented, some segments with long annulate setae. Re A2 as long as Ri A2, Ri thicker than Re, coxopodite and basipodite with 1 seta each, Ri1 A2 with 1 seta, Ri2 A2 with 8 setae (7+1) on internal lobe and 6 long terminal and 1 posterior setae on external lobe, Re1 A2 with 1, Re2 A2 with 2 setae, Re3-Re6 with 1 seta each, Re7 with 3 terminal setae. Md palp base and Ri1 Md without setae, Ri2 with 4-5 setae. Mx1 gnathobase with 11-12 setae, second internal lobe with 4-5, third with 2-3 setae, protopodite near Ri base with 4 setae, Ri and Re with 11 setae each. Mx2 with 1 spine on fourth and fifth endite, thickened and more sclerotized than others. Mxp protopodite without seta in the proximal part of segment. Digital appendage absent, in distal setae group there are 2-3 setae, in other features limb is typical of Aetideidae. P1 with 3-segmented Re, with external spine on each segment. In distal external corner of P1 basipodite small spine present. Ri P1 one-segmented, external lobe well developed, with hairs along external border. Ri P2 2-segmented. All other swimming legs rami 3-segmented. Spines on P4 coxopodite absent.
Male unknown.
Type species: Lutamator hurlei Bradford, 1969, by monotypy.
The genus Lutamator includes 2 species.
Lutamator elegans Alvarez, 1984
Lutamator hurlei Bradford, 1969