Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea)
Author
Schmidt, Christian
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007
2007-11-30
151
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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x
0024-4082
5430080
AMAZONISCUS
LEMOS DE CASTRO, 1967
Type
species:
Amazoniscus arlei
Lemos de Castro, 1967
.
Diagnosis (after
Lemos de Castro 1969
):
Exoantennal conglobation. Linea frontalis distant from vertex to form a frontal shield, linea supraantennalis present. Coxal plates all simple, coxal plate 1 sinuous near the hind corner (as in
Circoniscus
, but without schisma). Second antenna with two-jointed flagellum. Male pereiopod 7 ischium with ventrocaudal tubercle on the distal margin. Pleotelson triangular, with concave sides. Uropod protopodites rectangular, distinctly projecting beyond the pleotelson. Exopodites not exceeding endopodites.