An annotated checklist of the species of Lopogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea Peracarida) from Thailand and its adjacent waters
Author
Yolanda, Rofiza
Author
Ambarwati, Reni
Author
Rahayu, Dwi Anggorowati
Author
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
Heteromysis thailandica
Fukuoka
& Murano, 2002
Type
locality.
Andaman Sea
,
Thailand
(
Fukuoka & Murano 2002
)
.
Record from
Thailand
.
South-eastern Andaman Sea, next to
Phuket
Island (
Fukuoka & Murano 2002
).
Habitat and depth.
Marine, depth:
81 m
(
Fukuoka
& Murano 2002
)
.
Distribution.
So far, this species is only known from the south-eastern Andaman Sea, next to
Phuket
Island (
Fukuoka
& Murano 2002
).
Remarks.
This species is very similar to
H
.
macropsis
, however, both of them can be distinguished based on the following characteristics: in
H
.
thailandica
, (1) the carpopropodus of the endopod of the fourth thoracic limb comprised of four articles, (2) uropodal endopod is armed with 13 spines along the inner margin, and (3) the spines on each side of the telson cleft are located in the proximal three-fifths. In
H
.
macropsis
, we find (1) five carpopropodus articles at the fourth thoracic limb, (2) 8 spines along the inner margin uropodal endopod, and (3) the entire length of the telson cleft is armed with spines (
Fukuoka
& Murano 2002
).