Prometopa Schellenberg, 1926

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2011, New Antarctic stenothoids sensu lato (Amphipoda, Crustacea), European Journal of Taxonomy 2, pp. 1-17 : 3

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2011.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:913487CB-0C18-46B7-8EBB-E74CAF669A13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5542349

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E04720-AE64-B52D-FDF0-FE82FB3B5B05

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Plazi

scientific name

Prometopa Schellenberg, 1926
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Genus Prometopa Schellenberg, 1926 View in CoL

Type species: P. tuberculata Schellenberg, 1926 View in CoL

There are currently three included species: P. dorsoundata Bushueva, 1988 ; P. edentata Rauschert, 1990 ; P tuberculata Schellenberg, 1926 .

Diagnostic characters

A1 with ( P. edentata , P. tuberculata ) or without ( P. dorsoundata , P. cedrici ) nasiform process on art. 1. Acc. flag. vestigial. Md palp with 3 arts. Mx1 palp with often not clearly visible articulation between first and second art. Mx2 IP ordinary. Mxp IP well separated. Gn1, 2 different from each other in size and shape, Gn1 small, propodus and carpus long and narrow; Gn2 enlarged, palm oblique, carpus short, lobed. P5 with basis rectolinear, P6, 7 basis rounded. Peraeonites dorsally elevated, peraeonite 4 slightly elongated. Pleonites 2, 3 with dorsal process, pleonites 4-6 free. Telson ordinary, flat.

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