Synchelidium Sars, 1892

Durham, Elizabeth L. & White, Kristine N., 2023, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part I: parvorder Oedicerotidira, ZooKeys 1159, pp. 37-50 : 37

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1159.102034

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Synchelidium Sars, 1892
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Genus Synchelidium Sars, 1892 View in CoL View at ENA

Generic diagnosis.

Antenna 1 shorter than antenna 2; male antenna 2 much longer than that of female; head, rostrum strong, distally deflexed. Gnathopods 1 and 2 not sexually dimorphic; gnathopod 1 carpus elongate, slender, propodus broad; Gnathopod 2 chelate, carpal lobe slender, propodus elongate. Pereopod 5 coxa medium, deep, equilobate. Pereopod 7 basis lacking or with weak posterior lobe. Telson short, apex emarginate or rounded.