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Amazoniscus LEMOS DE CASTRO 1967

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Description

AMAZONISCUS LEMOS DE CASTRO, 1967

Type species: Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967.

Diagnosis (after Lemos de Castro 1969):

Exoantennal conglobation. Linea frontalis distant from vertex to form a frontal shield, linea supraantennalis present. Coxal plates all simple, coxal plate 1 sinuous near the hind corner (as in Circoniscus, but without schisma). Second antenna with two-jointed flagellum. Male pereiopod 7 ischium with ventrocaudal tubercle on the distal margin. Pleotelson triangular, with concave sides. Uropod protopodites rectangular, distinctly projecting beyond the pleotelson. Exopodites not exceeding endopodites.

Notes

Published as part of Schmidt, Christian, 2007, Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea), pp. 1-339 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151 on page 64, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5430080

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
LEMOS DE CASTRO
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Isopoda
Family
Scleropactidae
Genus
Amazoniscus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Amazoniscus DE, 1967 sec. Schmidt, 2007

References

  • Lemos de Castro A. 1967. Isopodos terrestres da Amazonia brasileira. Atas do Simposio sobre a Biota Amazonica, Belem: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Vol. 5, Zoologia. 311 - 336.
  • Lemos de Castro A. 1969. Descricao complementar de Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro (Isopoda terrestria - Eubelidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Serie 269: 1 - 5.