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Zeuxoides Sieg 1980

Description

Key to Australian species of Zeuxoides (including subantarctic species)

1. Pleopod endopod with about six setae on inner margin; lacinia mobilis of left mandible well developed 2

- Pleopod endopod with two to four setae on inner margin; lacinia mobilis of left mandible reduced to peglike structure...............................................................................................................................................3

2. Uropod with six normal articles and one reduced article in mature individuals; lacinia mobilis of left mandible acutely-pointed .............................................................................. Zeuxoides lauriebourqueae n. sp.

- Uropod with five normal articles and one reduced article in mature individuals; lacinia mobilis of left mandible broad.............................................................................................................................................. ... Zeuxoides pseudolitoralis Sieg (subantarctic species known from Heard Island, Edgar & Burton 2000)

3. Six uropod articles in mature individuals........................................................... Zeuxoides mawbeyi n. sp.

- Seven uropod articles in mature individuals.............................................................................................. 4

4. Female antennule with five or six aesthetascs, male with about twelve; pereopod coxa with three projecting setae ..................................................................................................................... Zeuxoides lasti n. sp.

- Female antennule with four aesthetascs, male with six; pereopod coxa with five projecting setae.............. ...................................................................................................................... Zeuxoides casanunda Bamber

Notes

Published as part of Edgar, Graham J., 2008, Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia, pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 1836 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1836.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5127398

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tanaididae
Genus
Zeuxoides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Tanaidacea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sieg
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zeuxoides Sieg, 1980 sec. Edgar, 2008

References

  • Edgar, G. J. & Burton, H. R. (2000) The biogeography of shallow-water macrofauna at Heard Island. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 133, 23 - 26.