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Parascelidae
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Key to genera of the family PARASCELIDAE
1. Gnathopods 1 & 2 simple............................................................................... 2
- Gnathopod 1 simple, or chelate. Gnathopod 2 chelate......................................................... 3
2. Pereopod 6; basis without fissure....................................................... Parascelus Claus, 1879
- Pereopod 6; basis with fissure........................................................... Thyropus Dana, 1852
3. Gnathopod 1 simple. Pereopod 6; basis with long fissure.................................. Schizoscelus Claus, 1879
- Gnathopod 1 chelate, similar to G2. Pereopod 6; basis without fissure........................... Euscelus Claus, 1879
Notes
Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2016, A review of the families and genera of the superfamily PLATYSCELOIDEA Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species, pp. 1-136 in Zootaxa 4192 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4192.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/166420
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- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Amphipoda
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- Parascelidae
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References
- Claus, C. (1879) Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Ubersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universitat zu Wien und der Zoologischen Station Triest, 2, 1 - 52 (147 - 198).
- Dana, J. D. (1852) On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Sciences and Arts, series 2, 14 (41), 297 - 316.