Quasimelita
Creators
Description
Key to species of genus Quasimelita
1. Eyes absent, antenna 1 as long as body length............................ Quasimelita abyssorum (Stephensen, 1944)
- Eyes present, antenna 1 shorter than body length............................................................ 2
2. Pleon segments with dorsal carination.................................................................... 3
- Pleon segments without dorsal carination.................................................................. 5
3. Pleon segments 1–3 with one large central tooth and two small lateral teeth each............. Quasimelita tolyza sp. nov.
- Only pleon segments 2–3 with one central tooh each......................................................... 4
4. Anterior head lobe large, rounded, coxa 1 not serrated, with rounded anterior corner, basis of pereopod 7 linear.................................................................................. Quasimelita formosa (Murdoch, 1885)
- Anterior head lobe truncated (Fig. 16 c), coxa 1 serrated, with pointed anterior corner, basis of pereopod 7 expanded, with rounded posterior wing.................................................. Quasimelita serraticoxae sp. nov. (part)
5. Anterior head lobe large, rounded, coxa 1 not serrated, with rounded anterior corner................................ 6
- Anterior head lobe truncated (Fig. 16 c), coxa 1 serrated, with pointed anterior corner...................................................................................................... Quasimelita serraticoxae sp. nov. (part)
6. Outer ramous of uropod 3 is short, slightly longer than peduncle length......... Quasimelita quadrispinosa (Vosseler, 1889)
- Outer ramous of uropod 3 is long, 2.9–3.3 times as long as peduncle....................... Quasimelita jarettii sp. nov.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Melitidae
- Genus
- Quasimelita
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Stephensen, K. (1944) Crustacea Malacostraca VIII. (Amphipoda IV). Danish Ingolf Expedition, 3 (13), 51.
- Murdoch, J. (1885) Description of seven new species of Crustacea and one worm from Arctic Alasca. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 7, 518 - 522.
- Vosseler, J. (1889) Amphipoden und Isopoden von Spitzbergen. Beitrage zur Fauna Spitsbergene. Resultate einer im Jahre 1886 unternommen Reise von. Dr. Willy Kukenthal-Jena. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 55, 151 - 162.