Photidae *
Author
Myers, Alan A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-10-08
2260
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771
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https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2260.1.43
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.43
1175-5326
5306907
Latigammaropsis
gen. nov.
Type
species.
Gammaropsis atlantica
Stebbing, 1888
.
Etymology
. From the Latin
latus
= broad (relating to the relatively broad uropod 3 peduncle) as a prefix to
Gammaropsis
, its close relative.
Diagnosis.
Gammaropsis
sensu lato
with head anterodistal margin strongly recessed; lateral cephalic lobes rounded; labrum lacking acute epistome; mandible palp article 3 spatulate, widest subdistally; coxae 1– 2 without serrations on distal margin; pleon segments lacking spines; uropod 3 peduncle short and broad, rami short and stout; outer ramus blunt-ended with a small second article bearing two fine setae, bordered on distal end of first segment by one or more robust setae; inner ramus subequal with or shorter than outer ramus, narrowing distally, with a single small robust seta inserted at its tip, lateral margins naked or with one or two robust setae.
Included species.
Latigammaropsis abbotti
(J.L.
Barnard, 1965
)
,
L. afra
(
Stebbing, 1888
)
,
L. athenae
sp. nov.
,
L. atlantica
(
Stebbing, 1888
)
,
L. christenseni
(
Myers, 1995
)
,
L. dionysus
sp. nov.
,
L. gemina
(
Myers, 1995
)
,
L. grandimana
(
Ledoyer, 1978
)
,
L. hermes
sp. nov.
,
L. hestia
sp. nov.
,
L. kaumaka
(J.L.
Barnard, 1970
)
,
L. pacifica
(
Schellenberg, 1938
)
,
L. pali
(J.L.
Barnard,1970
)
,
L. photisimilis
(
Ruffo,1969
)
,
L. planodentata
(
Myers, 1995
)
,
L. togoensis
(
Schellenberg, 1925
)
.
Remarks.
This genus defines the ‘
atlantica’
group of
Gammaropsis
sensu lato
. This genus is found in all tropical seas. The shape of uropod 3 is diagnostic.