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Phrosinidae Dana 1852

Description

Key to the genera of the Family PHROSINIDAE

1. Pereopods 3 & 4 distinctly subchelate, with large teeth on distal margin of carpus. Pereopod 7 reduced to basis and one tiny additional article ......... Phrosina Risso, 1822

­ Pereopods 3 & 4 simple, or if subchelate, with very small teeth, or bristles on distal margin of carpus. Pereopod 7 reduced, with at least 2 articles in addition to basis...... 2

2. Pereopods 3 & 4 simple. Pereonites 1 & 2 separate .... Primno Guérin­Méneville, 1836

­ Pereopods 3 & 4 distinctly subchelate. Pereonites 1 & 2 fused...................................... ................................................................................ Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830

Notes

Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 567 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5259734

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phrosinidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Dana
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Phrosinidae Dana, 1852 sec. Zeidler, 2004

References

  • Risso, A. (1822) Memoire sur quelques nouveaux Crustaces observes dans la mer de Nice. Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle, 95, 241 - 248.
  • Milne-Edwards, H. (1830) Extrait de recherches pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Crustaces Amphipodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 20, 353 - 399, pls 10, 11.