A new species of Leipsuropus Stebbing, 1899 (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from Japan
Author
Matsumoto, Yu
Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University. Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan
Author
Kajihara, Hiroshi
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan E-mail: kakui @ eis. hokudai. ac. jp & DA
Author
Kakui, Keiichi
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan E-mail: kakui @ eis. hokudai. ac. jp & DA
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Nauplius
2023
e 2023005
2023-02-20
31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023005
journal article
10.1590/2358-2936e2023005
2358-2936
10716750
D4641240-C79E-471D-8F7C-8A2DA4AA04A8
Key to males of the species of
Leipsuropus
1. Dorsal projections on body absent ........................................................................
L. parasiticus
(
Haswell, 1879
)
1'. Dorsal projections on body present .......................................................................................................................... 2
2. Tergal plate of pereonites 2–5 with 1 projection ................................................................
L. sinensis
Ren, 2012
2'. Tergal plate of pereonites 2–5 with 3 or 5 projections ......................................................................................... 3
3. Tergal plate of pereonites 2–5 with 3 projections .................................................
L. astericolus
Ariyama, 2012
3'. Tergal plate of pereonites 2–5 with 5 projections ................................................................................................. 4
4. Dorsal projections on body broad and keel-like; gnathopod-2 palmar margin with one wide and two large triangular projections ...............................................................................................................
L. hongi
Ariyama, 2012
4'. Dorsal projections on body narrow and spiniform; gnathopod-2 palmar margin with small, proximal, denticulate projection .........................................................................................................................
L. seisuiae
sp. nov.