Figorella macrophoculata Ren 1991

• Main Authors: Lowry, J. K., Stoddart, H. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Pakynidae; Figorella; Figorella macrophoculata; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Seta; Lowry; Antarc*; ren
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251220; https://zenodo.org/record/5251220

Figorella macrophoculata Ren, 1991 Figorella macrophoculata Ren in Ren & Huang, 1991: 245, 307, fig. 36. ― De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 68. ― De Broyer et al ., 2007: 157. Diagnostic description. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, narrowly rounded. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without posterodistal spine; accessory flagellum present; accessory flagellum 2-articulate, article 1 short; flagellum without callynophore in female, [not known for male]. Mandible [lamina dentata and accessory setal row not known]; molar absent; palp attached slightly distally; article 2 [breadth not known], as long as article 3; article 3 with subparallel margins. Maxilla 1 outer plate with [at least] 7 setal-teeth , [setal-teeth cusps not known]; palp well developed, 2-articulate , with apical slender setae. Maxilliped inner plate small; outer plate large; palp 4-articulate, article 4 large. Gnathopod 1 chelate ischium smaller than propodus, not swollen posteroproximally; carpus extremely compressed; propodus length about 1.5 × breadth, posterior margin well developed, with posterodistal corner of palm attenuated , corner of palm without robust seta; dactylus over-reaching palm. Gnathopod 2 palm large, transverse. Pereonite 4 without dorsal spines. Pereonite 5 without dorsal spines. Pereopod 5 merus without posteroproximal shoulder. Pereopod 6 basis with posteroventral lobe produced beyond ischium; merus longer than broad, with weak posteroproximal shoulder . Pereopod 7 basis subovate with posterior margin smooth or weakly dentate. Epimeron 3 posterior margin with weak, blunt projection, posteroventral corner broadly rounded . Uropod 3 biramous, [inner ramus length relative to outer ramus not known]. Telson shorter than broad , entire. Distribution. South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean; 405–578 m depth. : Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2012, The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) 3246, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3246 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3246.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5249007 : {"references": ["Ren, X. & Huang, L. (1991) [Studies on Gammaridea and Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the northwest waters of the Antarctic Peninsula]. Studia Marina Sinica, 32, 187 - 323. (in Chinese and English)", "De Broyer, C. & Jazdzewski, K. (1993) Contribution to the marine biodiversity inventory. A checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean. Documents de Travail de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 73, 1 - 154.", "De Broyer, C., Lowry, J. K., Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007) Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean with distribution and ecological data. In: C. De Broyer (ed.) Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Volume 1. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 77, Supplement 1 (1), 1 - 325."]}