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Mimoscina Pirlot 1933

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Description

Key to the species of the genus Mimoscina

1. Pereopod 7; merus length twice carpus................................................. M. gracilipes Pirlot, 1933

- Pereopod 7; merus similar in length to carpus (or only marginally longer), or carpus distinctly longer than merus.......... 2

2. Pereopod 7; merus as long as, or marginally longer than, carpus; propodus slightly inflated, distinctly broader than carpus in male, length 0.7x carpus. Uropod 1; outer margin of peduncle with relatively long setae. Restricted (?) to Antarctic waters................................................................................... M. setosa (Barnard, 1930)

- Pereopod 7; merus length 0.6–0.7x carpus; propodus slender, length 0.5x (female), 0.6x (male) carpus. Uropod 1; outer ramus with short or minute setae. Not found in Antarctic waters (?)................................. M. galbraithae sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2012, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod families Mimonectidae and Proscinidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Scinoidea) 3533, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 3533 on page 58

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Biodiversity

Family
Mimoscinidae
Genus
Mimoscina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pirlot
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mimoscina Pirlot, 1933 sec. Zeidler, 2012

References

  • Pirlot, J. M. (1933) Les Proscinidae, nouvelle famille d'Amphipodes Hyperides. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, No. 631, 1 - 11.
  • Barnard, K. H. (1930) Crustacea. Part X 1: Amphipoda. British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910, Zoology, 8 (4), 307 - 454.