A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov. (Crustacea: Peracarida: Photidae) from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey), with a key to the species of Megamphopus in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated Seas
Author
Bakir, Kerem
Author
Sezgin, Murat
Author
Myers, Alan A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2791
63
67
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207651
ba18d441-374d-42fb-b726-f5129403d20a
1175-5326
207651
Megamphopus
Norman, 1869
Diagnosis.
Head with lateral lobes strongly produced, subocular margin strongly recessed. Mandible palp article 3 spatulate, shorter than article 2. Antenna 1 peduncle article 3 longer than article 1; accessory flagellum very small but distinct. Coxa 2 the largest, especially in male; coxae 3–7 relatively shallow. Gnathopods subchelate; male gnathopod 2 greatly enlarged. Uropod 3 rami longer than peduncle.
Telson
broad with a strong robust seta on each lateral crest.
Remarks.
Megamphopus
can be distinguished from all other genera within the
Gammaropsis
–group of genera, by its differentially enlarged male gnathopod 2 coxa.