Redescription of Dynoideselegans (Boone, 1923) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific
Author
Wetzer, Regina
Author
Mowery, Gracie
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ZooKeys
2017
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.646.10626
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.646.10626
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Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Type species.
Dynoides serratisinus
Barnard, 1914: 408; from South Africa by monotypy.
Remarks.
A diagnosis and comprehensive synonymy was provided by
Li (2000)
. Readily recognizable characteristics include cephalon longer than broad, penes fused along proximal half of the length. Appendix masculina elongate, twice as long as endopod, strongly reflexed. Uropodal rami broad, lamellar, and subequal in length. The genus presently has ~20 species, is intertidal to shallow water, and is most speciose in the northern Pacific with twelve species. Additional species occur off Brazil, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Australia (
Li 2000
). At present, the relationships between species remain unassessed.