Metambasia Stephensen 1923
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Metambasia Stephensen, 1923
Metambasia Stephensen, 1923: 76.― Dahl, 1959: 217.―J.L. Barnard, 1969: 304, 306, 309, 311, 315 (keys), 350.― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 503.
Type species. Metambasia faeroensis Stephensen, 1923, by monotypy.
Included species. Metambasia includes one species: M. faeroensis Stephensen, 1923.
Diagnostic description. Antenna 1 flagellum article 1 lacking robust seta on distal margin; accessory flagellum forming cap. Antenna 2 flagellum articles 3–5 slender in female, article 3 enlarged in male; articles 4–5 without brush setae on the anterior margin. Mandibular incisor slightly curved; molar with reduced column and convex triturating surface (button); palp attached midway. Maxilla 1 ST-7 serrate along the entire curved medial margin; ST-D slender, apically cuspidate. Maxilliped outer plate with apical robust setae. Gnathopod 1 parachelate; coxa vestigial; carpus longer than propodus; propodus palm minute, acute. Pereopod 4 coxa with well developed posteroventral lobe. Uropod 2 inner ramus constricted. Uropod 3 rami plumose setae present in male, absent in female. Telson moderately cleft.
Remarks. See remarks under Glorieusella.
Distribution. North Atlantic Ocean.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Lysianassidae
- Genus
- Metambasia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Stephensen
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Metambasia Stephensen, 1923 sec. Kilgallen & Lowry, 2014
References
- Stephensen, K. (1923) Crustacea Malacostraca, V: (Amphipoda, I). Danish Ingolf-Expedition, 3, 1 - 100.
- Dahl, E. (1959) Amphipoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report, 1, 211 - 241.
- Barnard, J. L. (1969) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 271, 1 - 535, 173 figs.
- Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. (1991) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 13, 1 - 866. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0812 - 7387.13.1991.367