Substrate dependent talitrid amphipods from fragmented beaches on the north coast of Crete (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae), including a redefinition of the genus Orchestia and descriptions of Orchestia xylino sp. nov. and Cryptorchestia gen. nov.
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Fanini, Lucia
text
Zootaxa
2013
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3
201
229
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3709.3.1
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Talitrus
Bosc, 1802
Talitrus
Bosc, 1802
: vol. 1, 78; vol. 2, 148.—
Latreille, 1802
: 148
.—
Stebbing, 1888
: 1682
.—
G. O. Sars, 1890
: 22
.—
Stebbing, 1891
: 324
.—
Della Valle, 1893
: 492
.—
Stebbing, 1906
: 524
.—
Chevreux & Fage, 1925
: 270
.—
Hurley, 1955
: 145
(in part).—
Bulycheva, 1957
: 127
(in part).—
Bousfield & Holthuis, 1969
: 106
, 109, 110.—
J.L. Barnard, 1969
: 472
(in part).—Dupuis, 1976: 4.—
Holthuis, 1976
: 6
.—
Lincoln, 1979
: 226
.—
Bousfield, 1982
: 45
.
Thalitrus
(sic).—Guerin-Meneville, 1835: 3.
Talitrus
(
Talitrorchestia
) F. Brandt, 1851: 1
(
type
species
Talitrus cloquetii
).
Talitrus
(
Talitrus
)
.—
Hurley, 1957
: 161
(in part).
Type
species.
Cancer
(
Gammarus
)
saltator
Montagu, 1808
, selected by
Latreille, 1810
.
Included species.
Talitrus
includes 1 species:
T. saltator
(
Montagu, 1808
)
.
Diagnosis
(based on adult male and female).
Antenna 1 shorter than peduncular article 5 of antenna 2.
Antenna 2 peduncle slender.
Mandible left lacinia mobilis with 4 teeth. Maxilliped palp
article 2 with welldeveloped lobe;
article 4 reduced, button-shaped. Gnathopod 1 simple; posterior margin of merus, carpus and propodus without palmate lobes
.
Gnathopod 2 mitten-shaped
; dactylus not attenuated. Pereopods cuspidactylate. Pereopods 6 and 7 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 dactylus thickened proximally with notch midway along posterior margin.
Pleopods 1–3 well developed. Uropod 1
peduncle with or without distolateral robust seta;
outer ramus with marginal robust setae. Telson
apically incised
with at least 10 apical robust setae per lobe.
Remarks.
Talitrus
belongs to the
Talitrus
group of 15 genera (
Lowry & Coleman 2012
) categorized by males with mitten-shaped second gnathopods.
Talitrus
is the only supralittoral genus in the group. Based on the lack of palmate lobes on the posterior margin of gnathopod and the presence of robust setae on the outer ramus of uropod 1
Talitrus
is similar to the South Pacific genus
Brevitalitrus
Bousfield, 1971
.