The genus Lanocira Hansen, 1890 (Corallanidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) in tropical Australian waters
Author
Bruce, Niel L.
Author
Sidabalok, Conni
text
Zootaxa
2011
2793
23
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205195
10c1e558-5d23-40f5-8883-2053384a046d
1175-5326
205195
Family
Corallanidae
Hansen, 1890
Remarks.
Delaney (1989)
has given the most recent comprehensive revision of the family, together with a key to the genera of the family, and that work remains the primary source reference. The family is identified primarily by mouthpart characters (see for example
Kensley & Schotte 1989
;
Bruce
et al
. 2002
) and the genera may be identified using the key given by
Delaney (1989)
.
All genera are distributed within the tropics and subtropics, with few exceptions. The genus
Excorallana
Stebbing, 1904a
is restricted to the Americas and one record of West Africa (
Delaney 1989
); the records of
Nunomura (1988
,
1994
) are misidentifications of species of
Tachaea
Schioedte & Meinert, 1879
and
Argathona
Stebbing, 1905
, respectively.