Microprotopidae Myers & Lowry 2003
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Family Microprotopidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
Diagnosis. Mandible palp article 3 nearly parallel-sided, posterior margin without, or with very few, setae. Male gnathopod 2 coxa only a little larger than coxa 1 and 3. Uropods 1–2 peduncle without inter-ramal spine. Uropod 3 uniramous.
Type genus. Microprotopus Norman, 1867.
Included genus. Microprotopus Norman, 1867, by monotypy.
Remarks. The only discrete differences between Microprotopidae and Photidae are antenna 1 article 1 length compared with article 2 (subequal in Microprotopidae, shorter in Photidae); pereopods 5–6 merus setation (posterior margin weakly setose in Microprotopidae, without setae in Photidae) and pereopod 5 carpus shape (slightly expanded in Microprotopidae, linear in Photidae). Photidae also have rounded eye lobes that are often strongly extended whereas Microprotopidae have sub-triangular eye lobes.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Myers & Lowry
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Microprotopidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microprotopidae Myers, 2003 sec. Myers, Lowry & Billingham, 2016
References
- Myers, A. A. & Lowry, J. K. (2003) A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23 (2), 443 - 485. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1163 / 20021975 - 99990353
- Norman, A. M. (1867) Report of the committee appointed for the purpose of exploring the coasts of the Hebrides by means of the dredge. - Part II. On the Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polyzoa, Actinozoa, and Hydrozoa. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 36, 193 - 206.