Podoceridae, Leach, 1814

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.4.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B87600AF-C095-4361-9692-5E3B5B6A8E78
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8282555
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87AA-FF91-7A18-FF51-FF20FA1BFD83
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Podoceridae
status

1 Urosome with 2 segments.................................................................. Laetmatophilus View in CoL

- Urosome with 3 segments.............................................................................. 2

2 Uropods 2 pairs...................................................................................... 3

- Uropods 3 pairs...................................................................................... 4

3 Pereonites 1–3 cylindrical, longer than (pereonites 1 and 3) or as long as (pereonite 2) wide..... Capropodocerus gen. nov.

- Pereonites 1–3 depressed, each wider than long.................................................... Leipsuropus View in CoL

4 Antenna 1 accessory flagellum with three or more articles.................................................... 5

- Antenna 1 accessory flagellum with one article............................................................. 6

5 Uropod 3 uniarticulate.......................................................................... Xenodice View in CoL

- Uropod 3 biarticulate.......................................................................... Parunciola View in CoL

6 Pereopods 3 and 4 reduced, much smaller than pereopods 5–7....................................... Neoxenodice View in CoL

- Pereopods 3 and 4 not reduced, similar to pereopods 5–7..................................................... 7

7 Relative length of antenna-1 peduncular articles 2/1 more than 3..................................... Podobothrus View in CoL

- Relative length of antenna-1 peduncular articles 2/1 less than 2.5........................... Podocerus View in CoL + Cyrtophium View in CoL