Primno brevidens Bowman

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 : 23-24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5517894
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03931615-EC66-FFE6-FEDF-F971FE23FDD8
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scientific name	Primno brevidens Bowman
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Treatment

Primno brevidens Bowman View in CoL

Primno brevidens Bowman, 1978: 8–10 View in CoL , figs 3d–j, 5–8.

Type material

The holotype and paratypes are in the USNM (Cat. no. 170203 & 4): in spirit.

Remarks

This is one of the medium sized species of Primno reaching lengths of 9 mm. It is distinguished (together with P. evansi ) from its congeners by the short teeth on the anterior margin of the carpus of pereopod 5. It is very similar to P. evansi but seems to be restricted to the midPacific. Bowman (1978) also records it from the southeastern part of the Gulf of Guinea, but this material may be referable to P. evansi , if these two species should be maintained as geographically isolated entities. However, I have also seen a female specimen from the Gulf of Guinea ( Galathea stn. 66) which is referable to P. brevidens rather than P. evansi .