Genus Phippsiella

Schellenberg, 1925

Body smooth (Phippsiella nipoma 1). Eyes absent. ART 1 of flagellum of ANT I longer than peduncle in males, shorter in females. Mandibular incisor dentate (Phippsiella nipoma 3). Palp of MX I 2-articulated. ART 4 of peduncle of ANT II scarcely longer than ART 5. Outer plate of MX II geniculate and gaping. ART 2 of palp of MXP not produced. ART 2 slender in P III, broad in P IV and V. ART 2 of P VI expanded. Posterior lobe of ART 2 of P VII rounded below. Telson cleft more than 50 % (Phippsiella nipoma 3).

Ten species. Only one in the South Atlantic plankton:

Phippsiella nipoma J. Barnard, 1961

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