Notopoma Lowry & Berents, 1996: 85. – Berge, Vader & Lockhart, 2004: 1725. – Alonso de Pina, 2005: 528. – Valério-Berardo, Souza & Rodrigues, 2008: 60.
Type species
Notopoma stoddartae Lowry & Berents, 1996.
Diagnosis
Antenna 1 subequal to antenna 2, peduncular article 1 produced anterodistally and medially; accessory flagellum absent or present, if present 1-articulate, rudimentary. Eyes present or absent. Mandibular palp well developed and 3-articulate. Gnathopod 1 carpus shorter than propodus. Gnathopod 2 male carpochelate. Carpus subequal to the propodus. Coxae 1–7 wider than long, with margin smooth. Coxa 4 posterior margin not excavated. Coxae 5–7 with posterodorsal lobe. Pereopod 4 merus longer than merus of pereopod 3. Pereopods 5–7 dactylus distal part directed posteriorly and with accessory spines. Pereopod 5 dissimilar to pereopods 6 and 7 (in shape and length), with carpus short, lunate, or reniform, with denticles on a posteroventral margin. Pleosomite with lateral ridges. Pleopods peduncle slender and not expanded. Pleopod 2 inner ramus present, reduced, or absent. Urosomite 1 without dorsal spines. Uropod 1 peduncle with distoventral corona; outer margin of outer ramus dentate. Uropod 2 uniramous; outer margin of ramus dentate, without robust setae. Uropod 3 uniramous with recurved spines. Telson cleft with recurved rows of spines on the dorsum.
Included species
Notopoma argentina Alonso de Pina, 2005; Notopoma africana Lowry & Berents, 1996; Notopoma cidaridis Berge, Vader & Lockhart, 2004; Notopoma crassicornis (Bate, 1857); Notopoma fallohideus (Lowry, 1981); Notopoma fluminense Valério-Berardo, Souza & Rodrigues 2008; Notopoma harfoota (Lowry, 1981); Notopoma lutkini (Tzvetkova, 1990); Notopoma lowryi sp. nov.; Notopoma moorea Lowry & Berents, 1996; Notopoma opposita (K.H. Barnard, 1931); Notopoma sismithi (Stebbing, 1888); Notopoma stoddartae Lowry & Berents, 1996; Notopoma stoora (Lowry, 1981); Notopoma teresae sp. nov.