An annotated checklist of the species of Lopogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea Peracarida) from Thailand and its adjacent waters
Author
Yolanda, Rofiza
Author
Ambarwati, Reni
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Rahayu, Dwi Anggorowati
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Budijastuti, Widowati
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Fitrihidajati, Herlina
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Kuntjoro, Sunu
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Rachmadiarti, Fida
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Purnomo, Tarzan
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-02-20
5244
3
201
232
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.1
1175-5326
C0EA98E9-2DE2-4B56-B0EB-0E08308923F2
Mesopodopsis tenuipes
Hanamura, Koizumi, Sawamoto, Siow & Chee, 2008
Type
locality.
Merbok
mangrove estuary,
Kedah
,
Malaysia
(
Hanamura
et al.
2008
)
.
Record from
Thailand
.
This species can be found in the
Samut Songkhram
estuary, Gulf of Thailand (
Hanamura
et al.
2008
) and
Songkhla
Lagoon System (
Lheknim & Yolanda 2020
).
Habitat and depth range.
This species is very abundant on the surface layer of the estuarine and lagoonal system (
Lheknim & Yolanda 2020
; Yolanda 2021).
Distribution.
This species is known from
Malaysia
,
Singapore
,
Vietnam
,
Philippines
, (
Hanamura
et al.
2008
),
Thailand
(
Hanamura
et al.
2008
;
Lheknim & Yolanda 2020
; Yolanda 2021) and
Indonesia
(
Mantiri
et al.
2012
).
Remarks.
This species is very similar to its ally,
M
.
orientalis
, however, this species has a narrower cornea, a long antennal peduncle, and fourth male pleopods reaching or overreaching uropodal statocyst region (
Hanamura
et al.
2008
).