Quasimelita serraticoxae Labay, 2014, sp. nov. ...

Quasimelita serraticoxae sp. nov. Figures 1, 16–23, 30 c, d Diagnosis. Pleon segments 2 and 3 with small single mid-dorsal tooth each. Urosome segment 1 with mid-dorsal tooth; urosome 2 with 2 pairs of short dorsal teeth, with single cuspidate seta among each lateral pair. Anterior margin of head tr...

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Main Author: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
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Published: Zenodo 2014
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677650
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5677650
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Summary:Quasimelita serraticoxae sp. nov. Figures 1, 16–23, 30 c, d Diagnosis. Pleon segments 2 and 3 with small single mid-dorsal tooth each. Urosome segment 1 with mid-dorsal tooth; urosome 2 with 2 pairs of short dorsal teeth, with single cuspidate seta among each lateral pair. Anterior margin of head truncated, without distinct anterior head lobe, lower antennal corner acute, pointed, lower margin with prominent accessory process. Eye small, round, poorly distinguishable, with pale ommatidia. Coxa 1 with acute, pointed anterior corner; anterior margins of all coxae with distinct serrations. Coxal plates 1 and 2 longer than plates 3 and 4. Propodus of pereopod 1 (male) relatively small, shorter than carpus, not broad distally, palm oblique, pass into the posterior margin without distinct angle; smooth palm that is armed distally with numerous closely set small cuspidate setae. Pereopod 2 (male), anterior margin of dactyl strongly setose; palm oblique, incorrectly toothed, with strong tooth at the palmar angle, ... : Published as part of Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2014, Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). II. Genera Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 and Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934, pp. 237-280 in Zootaxa 3869 (3) on pages 259-269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/251715 ...