A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Author
Myers, A
text
Zootaxa
2013
3610
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1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3610.1.1
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1175-5326
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Paracrangonyctidae Bousfield, 1983
Type
genus.
Paracrangonyx
Stebbing, 1899
b.
Diagnostic description.
Body subcylindrical or vermiform. Eyes absent. Antenna 1 subequal in length to, or longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 longer than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 shorter than article 1; peduncular articles 1–2 not geniculate; accessory flagellum short or minute.
Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent
.
Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 enlarged, bulbous
. Mandible molar triturative; palp symmetrical. Maxilla 1 basal endite apically setose or without setae; palps symmetrical. Maxilla 2 basal endite without oblique setal row. Coxal gills on pereopods 2–6, stalked (without proximal restriction) or not stalked;
sternal gills present
, simple; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae simple.
Gnathopod 1
subchelate; similar in males and females (not sexually dimorphic);
similar in size to gnathopod 2
; propodus palm without robust setae along palmar margin. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; similar in males and females (not sexually dimorphic); carpus not produced along posterior margin of propodus, projecting between merus and propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 without posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 shorter than pereopod 6; coxa with small anteroventral lobe or without lobes. Pereopod 7 longer than pereopod 5. Pleonites 1–3 without dorsal carinae. Urosomites 1–3 free; without slender or robust dorsal setae.
Urosomite 1 with large distoventral robust seta
. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae. Uropod 3 not sexually dimorphic; biramous or uniramous, without plumose setae; endopod minute.
Telson notched
or
entire
; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae present.
Habitat.
Freshwater, hypogean.
Included genera.
Paracrangonyx
Stebbing, 1899
b.
Distribution.
New Zealand
.