Phronimopsis Claus, 1879

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 567, pp. 1-66 : 33

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030033

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scientific name

Phronimopsis Claus, 1879
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Genus Phronimopsis Claus, 1879 View in CoL

Remarks

This genus is monotypic. It is easily recognised by the distinctively chelate second gnathopods and by the phronimid type of body of females. Virtually nothing is known regarding its biology, other than that it seems to be an epipelagic species ( Thurston 1976), found in surface layers down to a depth of 300–500m ( Vinogradov et al. 1982). The only record of an association with gelatinous plankton is with the ctenophore Beroe forskalii ( Krumbach 1911) . The prehensile structure of pereopods 3–7 strongly suggests a parasitic existence. It is relatively uncommon, but widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the world’s oceans.

It should be noted here that Claus (1878: 270) mentions Phronimopsis in a general paper on hyperiideans but does not provide any characters to distinguish it from other genera. Obviously Claus intended this paper to follow his diagnosis of the genus in 1879. As Claus (1878) did not diagnose the genus, and for the sake of nomenclatural stability, Phronimopsis should be credited with Claus (1879).

Species: Phronimopsis spinifera Claus, 1879 .

Claus, C. (1878) Ueber Herz und Gefasssystem der Hyperiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 1, 269 - 271.

Claus, C. (1879) Der Organismus der Phronimiden. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institute der Universitat Wien und der Zoologischen Station in Triest, 2, 1 - 88 (59 - 146), pls 1 - 8.

Krumbach, T. (1911) Notizen uber die Fauna der Adria bei Rovigno. IV. Die Ctenophorenfauna von Rovigno nach den Novembersturmen 1910. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 37 (16), 315 - 319.

Thurston, M. H. (1976) The vertical distribution and diurnal migration of the Crustacea Amphipoda collected during the SOND cruise, 1965. II. The Hyperiidea and general discussion. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 56, 383 - 470.

Vinogradov, M. E., Volkov, A. F. & Semenova, T. N. (1982) Amfipody-Giperiidy (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) Mrovogo Okeanea. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR No. 132. Leningrad, 492 pp. [In Russian]. (English translation, 1996, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington D. C., D. Siegel-Causey, Scientific Editor).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

SubOrder

Hyperiidea

SuperFamily

Phronimoidea

Family

Lestrigonidae