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Parametopa Chevreux 1901

Description

Parametopa Chevreux, 1901

Included species: P. alaskensis (Holmes, 1904); P. crassicornis Just, 1980; P. kervillei Chevreux, 1901.

Diagnostic characters

Antennae subequal. Mandible without palp, molar protruding, small. Maxilla 1 palp with one article. Gn 1 simple to subchelate, merus lengthened, partially to totally covering carpus posteriorly. Gn 2 subchelate to parachelate. P 5 basis rectilinear, P 6–7 basis widened and rounded.

Notes

Published as part of Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2015, Minute but constant morphological differences within members of Stenothoidae: the Stenothoe gallensis group with four new members, keys to Stenothoe worldwide, a new species of Parametopa and Sudanea n. gen. (Crustacea: Amphipoda), pp. 2309-2377 in Journal of Natural History 49 (37) on page 2365, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1021873, http://zenodo.org/record/4000077

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Stenothoidae
Genus
Parametopa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chevreux
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Parametopa Chevreux, 1901 sec. Krapp-Schickel, 2015

References

  • Chevreux E. 1901. Amphipodes recueiilis par la Melita sur les cote occidentale et meridionale de Corse. Ass Franc Avanc Sci Congres d' Ajaccio. 30: 692 - 700.
  • Holmes SJ. 1904. Amphipod crustaceans of the expedition. Harriman Alaska Exp. 10: 233 - 246.
  • Just J. 1980. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Thule area, northwest Greenland: faunistics and taxonomy. Medd Gronland Biosc. 2: 1 - 61.