Corophiidae *
Author
Myers, Alan A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-10-08
2260
1
373
379
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2260.1.18
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.18
1175-5326
5320114
Pumiliophotis
gen. nov.
Type
species.
Pumiliophotis queenslandicus
sp. nov.
Etymology.
From the latin ‘
pumilio’
meaning dwarf, referring to its diminutive size.
Diagnosis.
Antenna 1 without accessory flagellum; gnathopod 1 and 2 together not forming a sieving structure; gnathopod 1 simple in both sexes; male gnathopod 2 subchelate; female gnathopod 2 simple; coxa 1 the largest, produced forward; pereopod 7 not markedly longer than pereopod 6; uropods 1 and 2 rami lacking dense array of robust setae; uropod 1 lacking ventrodistal spine; uropod 3 uniramous.
Included species.
Pumiliophotis queenslandicus
(monotypy).
Remarks.
Like
Cheiriphotis
Walker (1904)
and
Microphotis
Ruffo (1952)
, but differing in the simple gnathopod 1 of the male and simple gnathopods 1 and
2 in
the female. Differing from
Cheiriphotis
also in lacking an accessory flagellum and from
Microphotis
in lacking a distoventral spine on uropod 1. Differing from
Photis
and
Microprotopus
in the shorter coxae and in having coxa 1 the largest.