A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae)
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Kilgallen, N. M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-26
3867
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1
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Caeconyx
Barnard & Karaman, 1991
(
Fig. 3
)
Caeconyx
Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 473
.
Type
species.
Hoplonyx caeculus
Sars, 1891
, original designation.
Included species.
Caeconynx
includes one species:
C
.
caeculus
(
Sars, 1891
)
.
Diagnostic description.
Antenna 1
peduncle article 1 without anterodistal lobe;
accessory flagellum forming cap covering callynophore
.
Antenna 2 without brush setae. Mandible molar setose with vestigial triturating surface. Maxilla 1 outer plate a well developed 7/4 crown. Maxilla 2 inner plate slightly shorter than outer plate.
Gnathopod 1 subchelate
;
coxa 1 large, about as long as coxa 2, subrectangular with straight anterior margin
; ischium short (length less than 2 × breadth); carpus long (length 2 to 4 × breadth);
propodus margins subparallel
. Uropod 2 inner ramus not constricted.
Telson deeply cleft
.
Remarks.
Caeconyx
has no distinctive generic level characters. It appears to be similar to
Anonyx
. It differs from
Anonyx
in the mandibular palp which is attached midway in
Anonyx
(attached distally in
Caeconyx
) and the margins of the gnathopod 1 propodus which are tapering in
Anonyx
.
Distribution.
North-eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Iceland
to Trondheimsfjord.