Amazoniscus, LEMOS DE CASTRO, 1967

Schmidt, Christian, 2007, Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151, pp. 1-339 : 64

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489296

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858799-4203-FFD5-9B84-7BADABFCFC0C

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Felipe

scientific name

Amazoniscus
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AMAZONISCUS LEMOS DE CASTRO, 1967 View in CoL

Type species: Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967 .

Diagnosis (after Lemos de Castro 1969):

Exoantennal conglobation. Linea frontalis distant from vertex to form a frontal shield, linea supraantennalis present. Coxal plates all simple, coxal plate 1 sinuous near the hind corner (as in Circoniscus , but without schisma). Second antenna with two-jointed flagellum. Male pereiopod 7 ischium with ventrocaudal tubercle on the distal margin. Pleotelson triangular, with concave sides. Uropod protopodites rectangular, distinctly projecting beyond the pleotelson. Exopodites not exceeding endopodites.

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