New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters
Author
HUGHES, L. E.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-07-08
2955
1
1
79
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
11755334
Parelasmopus
Stebbing, 1888
Diagnosis
.
After J.L.
Barnard (1972)
and
Lowry & Springthorpe (2005)
. Head with notch on cheek; mandibular palp 3-articulate, article 2 much shorter than article 1, article
3
straight, not setiferopectinate; pleonite 4 with pair of dorsal carinae; rami of uropod 3 as short as peduncle; epimeron 3 serrate on lower margin posteriorly.
The genus
Parelasmopus
includes 12 species:
P. albidus
(
Dana, 1852
)
;
P. aumogo
sp. nov.
;
P. cymatilis
Lowry & Hughes, 2009
;
P. echo
J.L.
Barnard, 1972
;
P. dancaui
Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
;
P. mallacootaformis
Ledoyer, 1984
;
P. setiger
Chevreux, 1901
;
P. sowpigensis
Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005
;
P. suensis
(
Haswell, 1879
a)
;
P. suluensis
(
Dana, 1852
)
;
P. ya
J.L.
Barnard, 1972
;
P. zelei
Ledoyer, 1982
.