A new species from the genus Lepechinelloides Thurston, 1980 (Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean

A new species of the genus Lepechinelloides is described from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. Lepechinelloides polymetallica sp. nov . is distinguished from the other two species in this genus by the ventrally directed midventral extensions on pleonites 1 to 3, widened propodi of both gnathopods, and small upright pointing extensions on all pereonites. This species is both morphologically and molecularly defined and compared to the other two species in the genus.