Exiliniscus Siebenaller and Hessler, 1981

George, Robert Y., 2001, Desmosomatidae and Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from bathyal and abyssal depths oOE North Carolina and their evolution, Journal of Natural History 35 (12), pp. 1831-1859 : 1847

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930152667131

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5275765

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scientific name

Exiliniscus Siebenaller and Hessler, 1981
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Genus Exiliniscus Siebenaller and Hessler, 1981 View in CoL

Type species. Exiliniscus clipeatus Siebenaller and Hessler, 1981 .

Diagnosis. Leutzinae with sixth and seventh pereonites free. Body hemispherical. Cephalon with prominent frontal rostrum. Antennula of ®ve articles, distal article bulbous. Antenna short, length approximately one-quarter of the length of the body. Mandible lacking palp. Posterior pereopods with natatory setae. Female operculum much shorter than the length of the pleon. Pleon spade-shaped in dorsal view, i.e. tapering posteriorly. Uropodal endopod long and narrow, exopod less than one-third the length of the endopod, and protopod broad.

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