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Accalathura Barnard 1925

Description

Genus Accalathura Barnard, 1925

Accalathura Barnard, 1925: 147; Poore, 1980: 58; Poore, 1981: 57; Poore and Lew Ton, 1990: 381.

Diagnosis. Eyes present. Antennular and antennal ¯agella multiarticulate (more than ten articles). Mandibular palp of three articles, terminal article bearing comb of seven or more setae. Maxillipedal endite reaching at least article 3; palp almost as long as basis. Pereopod 1 subchelate, propodus ināted, having proximal`thumb’, palm with even row of simple robust setae; carpus with posterior margin lacking short robust setae. Pereopods 2 and 3 with propodi much less ināted than 1; carpi lacking robust setae. Pereopods 4±7, carpi slender, rectangular, with free anterior margin. Pleonites 1±5 short, free; pleonite 6 dorsally delineated. Statocyst present in telson.

Remarks. The present key to the seven species of Accalathura from the Indian Ocean can be used as a complement to Poore and Lew Ton (1990) who provided a key to the species of Accalathura from northern Australia and adjacent seas.

Notes

Published as part of Kensley, B. & Schotte, M., 2000, New species and records of anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the Indian Ocean, pp. 2057-2121 in Journal of Natural History 34 on page 2101

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Anthuridae
Genus
Accalathura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Barnard
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Accalathura Barnard, 1925 sec. Kensley & Schotte, 2000

References

  • BARNARD, K. H., 1925, A revision of the family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda) with remarks on certain morphological peculiarities, Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 36, 109 ± 160.
  • POORE, G. C. B., 1980, A revision of the genera of the Paranthuridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthuridae) with a catalogue of species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68, 53 ± 67.
  • POORE, G. C. B., 1981, Paranthurid isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Anthuridea) from south eastern Australia, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 42, 57 ± 88.
  • POORE, G. C. B. and LEW TON, H. M., 1990, Accalathura (Crustacea: Isopoda: Paranthuridae) from northern Australia and adjacent seas, Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 50 (2), 379 ± 402.