Quasimelita ...

Key to species of genus Quasimelita 1. Eyes absent, antenna 1 as long as body length............................ Quasimelita abyssorum (Stephensen, 1944) - Eyes present, antenna 1 shorter than body length............................................................ 2 2. Pleon segments with dorsal car...

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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.5677652
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5677652
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Summary:Key to species of genus Quasimelita 1. Eyes absent, antenna 1 as long as body length............................ Quasimelita abyssorum (Stephensen, 1944) - Eyes present, antenna 1 shorter than body length............................................................ 2 2. Pleon segments with dorsal carination.................................................................... 3 - Pleon segments without dorsal carination.................................................................. 5 3. Pleon segments 1–3 with one large central tooth and two small lateral teeth each............. Quasimelita tolyza sp. nov. - Only pleon segments 2–3 with one central tooh each......................................................... 4 4. Anterior head lobe large, rounded, coxa 1 not serrated, with rounded anterior corner, basis of pereopod 7 linear.................................................................................. Quasimelita formosa (Murdoch, 1885) - Anterior head lobe truncated (Fig. 16 c), coxa 1 serrated, ... : 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 page 269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/251715 ...