Sinoediceros Shen, 1955

Kim, Young-Hyo, Hendrycks, Ed A. & Lee, Kyung-Sook, 2012, New genera and species of the Synchelidium group (Amphipoda: Oedicerotidae) from Asia-North Pacific, Journal of Natural History 46 (37 - 38), pp. 2349-2376 : 2369-2370

Sinoediceros Shen, 1955

(Korean name: Jung-guk-but-eun-nun-yeop-sae-u-sok, new)

Diagnosis

Head narrowing anteriorly; lateral head lobe acute; lower lip, inner lobe rounded and coalescent; mandibular molar reduced, armed with two spine-teeth apically, positioned far away from end of spine row; palp article 2 slightly longer than article 3; antenna 1, peduncular article 3 short, about 0.5 times article 2; antenna 2, gland cone well developed, flagellum short; gnathopods 1 and 2 similar in shape, carpus less than 0.5 times propodus, carpal lobe slightly thickened, elongate, guarding ventral margin of and exceeding distal end of propodus, palm oblique; pereopods 3 and 4, merus expanded anterodistally, dactylus broad, subequal or longer than propodus; coxa 5 width, much greater than length; pereopods 5 and 6, carpus shorter than propodus; pereopod 7, basis narrowing distally, lacking posterodistal lobe; epimeral plate 3, ventral margin rounded, convex posteromedially; uropods 1–3, inner rami with long, slender setae.

Type species: Sinoediceros homopalmulus Shen, 1955 .