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
Deltamysis songkhlaensis
(
Yolanda, Sawamoto & Lheknim, 2019
)
=
Heteromysoides songkhlaensis
Yolanda, Sawamoto & Lheknim, 2019
Type
locality.
Thale Sap
and
Thale Sap
Songkhla
,
Songkhla
Lagoon System
,
Thailand
(
Yolanda
et al.
2019
)
.
Record from
Thailand
.
Songkhla
Lagoon System, Thailand (
Yolanda
et al.
2019
).
Habitat and depth range.
This species is found in the shallow brackish water zone of the
Songkhla
Lagoon (~
1 to 2 m
) (
Yolanda
et al.
2019
; Yolanda 2021).
Distribution.
So far, this species is only known from the
Songkhla
Lagoon System, southern
Thailand
(
Yolanda
et al.
2019
) and there is no record that this species occurs outside of the lagoon, such as the Gulf of
Thailand
or the Andaman Sea.
Remarks.
A major
revision of
Heteromysoides
was conducted by
Daneliya (2021)
, resulting in.
H
.
songkhlaensis
being transferred to the genus
Deltamysis
Bowman & Orsi, 1992
. It is interesting to note that
D
.
songkhlaensis
is very similar to
Deltamysis nana
(
Murano, 1988
)
, which was also originally described as
Heteromysoides
(Bacescu, 1968)
. However, both of them can be distinguished from each other as follows; in
D
.
songkhlaensis
, (1) the mandibular palp displays three setae on the inner margin and five setae at the distal margin of the second article, (2) the carpopropodi of the fifth and sixth thoracic endopods is composed of four articles and (3) the telson is distally rounded, shorter than the sixth abdominal somite, and 1.3 times longer than its basal width; as opposed to (1) two setae on the inner margin and three setae at the distal margin of the second article, (2) five articles at the fifth and sixth thoracic endopods, and (3) the telson is slightly concave, longer than the sixth abdominal somite, and 1.6 times longer than its basal width; in
D
.
nana
(
Yolanda
et al.
2019
)
.