Melitoides Gurjanova 1934 ...

• Main Author: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Melitidae; Melitoides; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677654; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5677654

Genus Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934 Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934: 127.— Gurjanova, 1951: 752.— Barnard, 1969: 245.— Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 671.—Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996: 33. Type species. Melitoides makarovi Gurjanova, 1934: 127. Species. Including the new species described here, Melitoides contains three species (Jarret & Bousfield 1996, new data): M. makarovi Gurjanova, 1934, M. (?) valida (Shoemaker, 1955) and M. kawaii sp. nov. Diagnosis (from Jarret & Bousfield 1996 with addition). Pereon segments without dorsal teeth and denticles. Pleon segment 1 smooth; pleon 2–3 or only pleon 3 with mid-dorsal tooth or with few small dorsal teeth. Urosome segments 1 & 2 mid-dorsally toothed. Head with single inferior antennal notch. Antennae regular. Mouthparts regular. Upper lip shallow notched. Lower lip regular, inner lobes large. Mandible, spine row with few blades; left lacinia 4-dentate, right lacinia 5-dentate; palp segment 3 longer or shorter than 2; segment 1 short, lacking distinct cusp. ... : 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 269-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/251715 ...