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Haploops Lilljeborg 1855

Description

Genus Haploops Lilljeborg, 1855

Haploops Lilljeborg, 1855:135; Barnard, 1969: 132; Karaman, 1975: 57; Lincoln, 1979: 124; Bellan-Santini, 1982: 64; Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 90.

Type species. Haploops tubicola Lilljeborg, 1855, original designation.

Diagnosis. Flagella of antennae 1–2 with 5 or more articles. Article 3 of maxillipedal palp produced or inflated. Article 2 of pereopod 7 variable, usually narrow and with anterior and posterior margins parallel, or posterior oblique and article 2 expanding ventrally, or article 2 tapering, anterior margin of posteroventral lobe near junction with article 2 (?) setose or face of lobe with large setae. Telson varying from scarcely longer to as long as, or shorter than broad, cleft much more than half its length (Barnard & Karaman, 1991).

Distribution. Marine, cosmopolitan, cold water, submergent, 6–3570 m (Barnard & Karaman, 1991).

Notes

Published as part of Kaim-Malka, R. A., Bellan-Santini, D. & Dauvin, C., 2016, On some Haploops species collected in the North Atlantic Ocean with the description of Haploops islandica n. sp. (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Ampeliscidae) [Contribution to the knowledge of the Haploops genus. 8.] in Zootaxa 4179 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/260566

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ampeliscidae
Genus
Haploops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lilljeborg
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Haploops Lilljeborg, 1855 sec. Kaim-Malka, Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 2016

References

  • Lilljeborg, W. (1855) Om Hafs-Crustaceer vid Kullaberg i Skane. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps - Akademien Forhandlingar (Stockholm 1856), 12, 117 - 138.
  • Barnard, J. L. (1969) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States national Museum, 271, 1 - 535, 173 figs.
  • Karaman, G. S. (1975) The family Ampeliscidae of the Adriatic Sea. Acta Adriatica, Institut Za Oceanografiju I Ribarstvo, Split, 17, (3), 67 pp, 32 figs.
  • Lincoln, R. J. (1979) British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London: British Museum (Natural History), 124 - 126, fig. 53 - 54.
  • Bellan-Santini, D. (1982). Family Ampeliscidae. In: Ruffo, S. (Ed.), The Amphipoda of the Mediterranean, Part 1. Memoires de l'Institut oceanographique, Monaco, 13, 19 - 69.
  • Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. (1991) The families and genera of marine Gammaridea Amphipod (except marine Gammaroid). Records of the Australian Museum, supplement 13, part 1, 84 - 90.