BOUGISIDAE, Zeidler, 2004

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 : 46

Family BOUGISIDAE , new family

Diagnosis

Body length 3–4 mm. Cuticle with polygonal markings. Head with small rostrum formed by dorsal, disc­like depression, and acute lateral process between A1 & A2. Eyes small. Pereonites 1 & 2 fused. Coxae separate from pereonites. Antennae 1, three­articulate in females; multi­articulate in males with enlarged callynophore, with two­field brush of aesthestascs medially. Antennae 2, one­articulate in females; multi­articulate in males. Mandibles with palp in both sexes. Maxillae 1 with broad palp and slightly less­developed outer lobe; inner lobe absent. Maxillae 2 bilobed. Maxilliped with relatively short outer lobes; inner lobes very short, or rudimentary. Gnathopod 1 subchelate with short carpal process. Gnathopod 2 chelate. Pereopods 3, 4, 6 & 7 simple. Pereopod 5 prehensile, or subchelate. Pereopods 6 & 7 subequal in length. Uropods with articulated endopods and exopods. Telson triangular, slightly longer than half of peduncle of U3. Gills on pereonites 2–6. Oostegites on pereonites 2–5.

One genus: Bougisia .

Remarks

This family has been established to accommodate the genus Bougisia because it has characters that preclude it from the families Hyperiidae , Lestrigonidae and Iulopidae as defined here.