Microdeutopus A. Costa 1853
Creators
Description
Key to World species of Microdeutopus (males only)
1. Gnathopod 1 carpus with posterodistal margin produced into 2 or more spines..................................... 2
- Gnathopod 1 carpus with posterodistal margin produced into a single spine........................................ 8
2. Gnathopod 1 carpus with outer of two spines the longer....................................................... 3
- Gnathopod 1 carpus not as above......................................................................... 5
3. Gnathopod 1 carpus with very long setae on the distal margin.............................. M. sporadhi Myers, 1969b
- Gnathopod 1 carpus lacking very long setae on the distal margin................................................ 4
4. Gnathopod 1 carpus with primary spine slender, secondary spine not arising from margin of primary spine........................................................................................... M. chelifer (Spence Bate, 1862)
- Gnathopod 1 carpus with primary spine broad based, secondary spine arising from anterior margin of primary spine............................................................................................... M. similis Myers
5. Gnathopod 1 carpus with central of three spines the longest............................. M. stationis Della Valle, 1893
- Gnathopod 1 carpus with inner of two or more spines the longest................................................ 6
6. Gnathopod 2 basis with anterior margin strongly convex and crenulate...................... M. gryllotalpa Costa, 1853
- Gnathopod 2 basis not as above.......................................................................... 7
7. Gnathopod 1 carpus with outer of two spines arising from posterior margin...................... M. bifidus Myers, 1977
- Gnathopod 1 carpus with outer of two spines arising lateral to the posterior margin............ M. anomalus (Rathke, 1843)
8. Gnathopod 2 propodus with spine at posterior distal corner..................................................... 9
- Gnathopod 2 propodus without spine at posterior distal corner................................................. 10
9. Gnathopod 2 carpus and propodus subequal in length and breadth......................... M. armatus Chevreux, 1887
- Gnathopod 2 carpus longer and more slender than propodus........................... M. chelifer (Spence Bate, 1862)
10. Gnathopod 2 very elongate and slender with long pectinate setae on anterior margin of carpus and propodus...................................................................................... M. versiculatus (Spence Bate, 1856)
- Gnathopod 2 not as above.............................................................................. 11
11. Gnathopod 1 coxa irregularly rounded, not produced anteriorly............................. M. obtusatus Myers, 1973
- Gnathopod 1 coxa strongly produced anteriorly, acute or subacute.............................................. 12
12. Gnathopod 1 carpus with posterodistal margin produced into a slender spine, dactylus slender... M. anomalus (Rathke, 1843)
- Gnathopod 1 carpus with posterodistal margin produced into a stout triangular spine, dactylus stout................... 13
13. Gnathopod 1 coxa anteriorly produced into a slender spine. Gnathopod 2 basis weakly expanded, carpus and propodus short and stout..................................................................... M. algicola Della Valle, 1893
- Gnathopod 1 coxa only moderately produced anteriorly, subacute. Gnathopod 1 basis strongly expanded, carpus and propodus slender, elongate...................................................................... M. periergos sp. nov.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Aoridae
- Genus
- Microdeutopus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- A. Costa
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microdeutopus Costa, 1853 sec. Myers, Plaiti & Rousou, 2018
References
- Myers, A. A. (1969 b) The ecology and systematics of gammaridean Amphipoda of the Island of Khios. Biologia Gallo- Hellenica, 2 (1), 19 - 34.
- Spence Bate, C. & Westwood, J. O. (1862) A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 1. John van Voorst, London, 507 pp.
- Della Valle, A. (1893) Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 20, 1 - 948, pls. 941 - 961.
- Costa, A. (1853) Descrizione di tre nuovi crostacei del Mediterraneo discoperti dal Rev. G. F. Hope. Fauna del Regno di Napoli, 83, 1 - 10, pls. 1 - 13.
- Myers, A. A. (1977) Two new species of the amphipod genus Microdeutopus Costa from the Mediterranean Sea. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 4, 475 - 478.
- Rathke, H. (1843) Beitrage zur Fauna Norwegens. Verhandlungen Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie Naturforscher, Breslau, 20 (1), 1 - 264, 264 b, 264 c.
- Chevreux, E. (1887) Crustaces amphipodes nouveaux dragues par l'Hirondelle, pendant sa campagne de 1886. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 12, 566 - 580.
- Spence Bate, C. (1856) On the British Edriophthalma. Part 1. The Amphipoda. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Glasgow, 1855, 18 - 62, pls. 12 - 22.
- Myers, A. A. (1973) A new species of amphipod (Microdeutopus obtusatus sp. nov.) from the Aegean Sea. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, 20, 303 - 312.