A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
Author
Zeidler, Wolfgang
text
Zootaxa
2004
2004-07-14
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Genus
Iulopis
Bovallius, 1887
Iulopis
Bovallius, 1887: 17
. –
Barnard 1930: 418
.
Hurley 1955: 144
.
Bowman & Gruner 1973: 33
.
Vinogradov
et al
. 1982: 339
.
Vinogradov 1999a: 1186
.
Euiulopis
Bovallius, 1889: 116–117
.
Euiulopsis –
Pirlot 1929: 120
.
Type
species
Iulopis loveni
Bovallius, 1887
, designated by
Bowman and Gruner (1973)
.
Type
material could not be found at the SMNH, ZMUC or in
Uppsala
and is considered lost (but see later). However,
Iulopis
is a readily recognisable genus.
Diagnosis
The characters of the family are also those of the genus.
Two species.
Sexual dimorphism
As with most hyperiideans, the morphology of the antennae is the most useful means to differentiate the sexes. The antennae of males are multiarticulate, filiform, and much longer than the head and pereon, whereas in females the first antennae are much shorter than the head, and consist of only four articles, while the second antennae are absent in one species but threearticulate in the other species.
Females also have a broader pereon, the uropods are relatively more slender with relatively longer rami and the telson is also relatively longer.
Remarks
Iulopis
is a very distinctive genus. It is rarely found in plankton collections and consequently very little is known about the biology of species.
In the general structure of the gnathopods it occupies an intermediate position between
Hyperia
and
Hyperoche
.
Key to the species of the genus
Iulopis
1. Gnathopod 1 weakly chelate, carpal process forming small, triangular lobe. Gnathopod 2 with slender carpal process, almost as long as propodus. Gnathopods 1 & 2; carpal process with single, robust seta terminally
.........................
I. loveni
Bovallius, 1887
Gnathopod 1 subchelate, carpal process rounded, not produced. Gnathopod 2 with triangular carpal process, produced to about middle of propodus. Gnathopods 1 & 2; carpal process with scattered robust setae in addition to short, slender setae .............................................................................................
I. mirabilis
Bovallius, 1887