Litarcturus Brandt 1990
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Description
Key to the species of the genus Litarcturus Brandt, 1990
1. Pleotelson without caudal spines................................................... L. bicornis (Kensley, 1984)
- Pleotelson with caudal spines............................................................................ 2
2. Head without supraocular spines......................................................................... 3
- Head with supraocular spines........................................................................... 6
3. Pereonites 1–7 with submedial spines............................................ L. americanus (Beddard, 1886)
- Pereonites 1–7 without submedial spines.................................................................. 4
4. Pleotelson with caudal spines not surpassing apex........................................ L. lillei (Tattersall, 1921)
- Pleotelson with caudal spines surpassing apex............................................................... 5
5. Head with supraocular lobe...................................................... L. antarcticus (Bouvier, 1910)
- Head without supraocular lobe..................................................... L. coppingeri (Miers, 1881)
6. Head with supraocular spines surpassing apex............................................................. 7
- Head with supraocular spines not surpassing apex................................. L. granulosus (Nordenstam, 1933)
7. Pleotelson with caudal spines not surpassing apex..................................... L. stebbingi (Beddard, 1886)
- Pleotelson with caudal spines surpassing apex............................................... L. kexueiae sp. nov.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Antarcturidae
- Genus
- Litarcturus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Isopoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Brandt
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Litarcturus Brandt, 1990 sec. Liu & Sha, 2015
References
- Brandt, A. (1990) Antarctic valviferans (Crustacea, lsopoda, Valvifera) New genera, new species and redescriptions. Brill Press, Leiden, 176 pp.
- Kensley, B. (1984) The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 15. Marine Isopoda of the 1977, 1978, 1979 cruises. Annals of the South African Museum, 93, 213 - 301.
- Beddard, F. E. (1886) Report on the Isopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Part 2. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873 - 1876, 17, 1 - 178.
- Tattersall, W. M. (1921) Crustacea. Pt. VI. - Tanaidacea and Isopoda. British Antarctic (" Terra Nova ") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report Zoology, 3, 191 - 258.
- Bouvier, E. L. (1910) Quelques crustaces de l'amerique et des Sandwich du sud. Revista Chilena Historia Natural, 14, 178 - 182.
- Nordenstam, A. (1933) Marine Isopoda of the families Serolidae, Idotheidae, Pseudidotheidae, Arcturidae, Parasellidae and Stenetriidae mainly from the South Atlantic. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901 - 1903, 3, 1 - 284.