Podoprionidae Lowry & Stoddart 1996
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Family Podoprionidae Lowry & Stoddart, 1996
Diagnosis. Head deeper than long, lateral cephalic lobe weak, ventrolateral flap welldeveloped. Epistome and upper lip fused. Antenna 2: peduncular article 1 not greatly enlarged; peduncular article 3 without a distal hook. Mandible: incisors large, asymmetrical, grossly serrate; left lacinia mobilis stemmed, distally cusped; accessory setal row well developed, without distal setal tuft, with more than 5 accessory setae, with intermediate setae; molar a large, broad, weakly setose tongue. Maxilla 1: outer plate narrow with 11 setalteeth in compressed arrangement; palp 2articulate. Maxilliped: outer plate with apical slender and robust setae, with medial robust setae; palp welldeveloped, unguis present. Gnathopod 1 chelate; coxa reduced; posterior margin of propodus smooth; dactylus simple, without subterminal tooth. Gnathopod 2: posterodistal corner of propodus with medial setae. Pereopods 3 to 5 simple; propodus without distal spurs. Pereopod 5 basis expanded with large serrations on posterior margin. Pereopod 4: coxa deeper than wide, with large posteroventral lobe. Gills: from gnathopod 2 to pereopod 7, not pleated. Uropod 3 biramous, outer ramus 2articulate. Telson cleft. (after Lowry & Stoddart, 1996, bold type indicates changes).
Generic composition. Podoprion, Chevreux, 1891.
Etymology. The family name was taken from the generic name Podoprion (Gr. Podo, meaning foot; Gr. Prion –os, meaning saw) (Lowry & Stoddart, 1996).
Habitat. Demersal scavengers.
Remarks. The family Podoprionidae Lowry and Stoddart, 1996, has an incisor process and an outer plate of maxilla 1 that is unique among the lysianassoids (Lowry & Stoddart, 1996). Three other genera have a chelate gnathopod 1 similar to Podoprion: Opisa Boeck, 1876; Podoprionella, Sars, 1895; Podoprionides Walker, 1906. The posterior margin of pereopod 5 is armed with large serrations (6–8 in the case of this species). Some species of Podoprionellla, Podoprionides, and some species of Ichnopus Costa, 1853, and Socarnopsis catacumba (Clark & Barnard, 1985), have this character. However, in other respects these taxa are not closely related to Podoprion and therefore the allied generic names are misleading.
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Published as part of Horton, Tammy, 2005, A new amphipod species from the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Podoprionidae), pp. 1-11 in Zootaxa 861 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170846Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Podoprionidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Lowry & Stoddart
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Podoprionidae Lowry, 1996 sec. Horton, 2005
References
- Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. (1996) New Lysianassoid amphipod species from Namibia and Madagascar (Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 and Podoprionidae fam. nov.). Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, 20 (1993), 225 - 247.
- Chevreux, E. (1891) Voyage de la goelette Melita aux Canaries et au Senegal, 1889 - 1890. Podoprion bolivari, amphipode nouveau de la famille des Lysianassidae. Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France. 4, 5 - 10, pl. 1.
- Boeck, A. (1876) De Skandinaviske og Arktiske Amphipoder. Part 2. A. W. Brogger, Christiania, 161 - 713, pls. 8 - 32.
- Sars, G. O. (1895) Amphipoda. In: An account of the Crustacea of Norway with Short Descriptions and Figures of all the Species. 711 pp, 240 plates, 8 supplementary plates. Christiania and Copenhagen (Cammermeyers).
- Walker, A. O. (1906) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Amphipoda from the Discovery Antarctic Expedition, 1902 - 1904. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Ser. 7), 17, 452 - 458.
- Costa, A. (1853) Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di recherche su'crostacei amfipodi del regno di Napoli. Rendiconti dell'Accademia delle Science Fisiche e Matermatiche de Napoli. 2, 167 - 178.
- Clark, J. & Barnard, J. L. (1985) Lucayarine catacumba, new genus, new species, a Bahamian seacave amphipod (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassidae). Proceeding sof the Biological Society of Washington, 98, 243 - 254.