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Laetmatophilus Bruzelius 1859

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Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 1859

Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 1859:10.— Stebbing, 1906: 695.—J. L. Barnard, 1969: 430.— Laubitz, 1984:79.— Ledoyer, 1986: 920.—Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 660–661.

Diagnosis. Pereon depressed, segments 5–7 fused; urosome of 2 segments. Accessory flagellum absent; epistome produced; maXilla 1 inner plate greatly reduced, non-setose, outer plate with 9 spines; maXilla 2 without facial setae; maXilliped palp 4 blunt; gnathopod 2 of female nearly as large as that of male; brood plates on pereopods 2–4; uropod 2 without rami, uropod 3 absent.

Remarks. Fusion of the cuticle segments of posterior pereonites 5 to 7 is inconsistent within the genus (Laubitz, 1984). Laetmatophilus triceratops sp. nov. has clearly fused pereonites 5 to7 which can be readily observed from the SEM images (Fig. 2A,B).

Notes

Published as part of Hughes, L. E., 2013, Podoceridae of Tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda), pp. 1-37 in Records of the Australian Museum 65 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.65.2013.1592, http://zenodo.org/record/4684223

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bruzelius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Podoceridae
Genus
Laetmatophilus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 1859 sec. Hughes, 2013

References

  • Bruzelius, R. M. 1859. Bidrag till kannedomen om Skandinaviens Amphipoda Gammaridea. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Series 2, 3 (1): 1 - 104, pls 1 - 4.
  • Stebbing, T. R. R. 1906. Amphipoda. I. Gammaridea. Das Tierreich 21: 1 - 806.
  • Barnard, J. L. 1969. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 271: 1 - 535. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.258.1
  • Laubitz, D. R. 1984. A revision of the family Podoceridae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea). Australian Museum Memoir 18: 77 - 86. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1967.18.1984.373
  • Ledoyer, M. 1986. Crustaces Amphipodes Gammariens. Familles des Haustoriidae a Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar 59: 599 - 1112.