Abstract
Six new species of the genus Leptostylis are described: L. dentantipus n. sp. from the Southern Ocean, L. peruensis n. sp. from the Peru Trench, L. extendus n. sp. from the Weddell and Amundsen seas, L. levicarinatus n. sp. from the Weddell Sea, L. lacunatus n. sp. from the Brazil and Argentine basins and the north-western Weddell and Bellingshausen seas, and L. rasmi n. sp. from the western Weddell Sea. A determination key is provided for genera of the family Diastylidae with a short, globose and posteriorly swollen carapace, a long pereiopod 1 and a three-articulated uropod endopod.
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