A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Author
Myers, A
text
Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3610.1.1
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1175-5326
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Crymostygiidae Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
Crymostygidae
(
sic
) Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004: 188.
Type
genus.
Crymostygius
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
.
Diagnostic description.
Body subcylindrical. Eyes poorly developed. Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent. Antenna 1 slightly longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 slightly longer than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 shorter than article 1; peduncular articles 1–2 not geniculate; accessory flagellum short or minute. Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 enlarged, bulbous. Mandible molar triturating; palp symmetrical. Maxilla 1 basal endite setose along medial margin; palps symmetrical. Maxilla 2 basal endite without oblique setal row. Labium inner lobes vestigial or absent. Coxal gills number and sequence [not known], stalked (with proximal restriction or complete suture) or stalked (without proximal restriction);
sternal gills present
, simple; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae simple.
Gnathopod 1
subchelate; similar in size to gnathopod 2;
propodus palm with row or rows of simple or bifid robust setae along palmar margin
. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; carpus not produced along posterior margin of propodus, projecting between merus and propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 without posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 shorter than pereopod 6; coxa with small anteroventral lobe. Pereopod 7 longer than pereopod 5. Pleonites 1–3 without dorsal carinae.
Urosomites
1–3 free;
with slender or robust dorsal setae
. Urosomite 1 without large distoventral robust seta. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae.
Uropod 3 biramous
, without plumose setae; endopod minute.
Telson entire
; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae present.
Habitat.
Freshwater, hypogean.
Included genera.
Crymostygius
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
.
Distribution.
Iceland
.