Centromedon ...

• Main Authors: Horton, Tammy, Thurston, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Uristidae; Centromedon; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191152; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6191152

Key to the species of Centromedon 1. Gnathopod 1 simple; pereopod 7, basis with prominent postero-distal spur........... Centromedon calcaratus (Sars, 1879) - Gnathopod 1 subchelate; pereopod 7, basis lacking prominent postero-distal spur................................... 2 2. Lateral cephalic lobe strongly projecting, acute; epimeron 3 with postero-distal corner produced into an acute strongly upcurved tooth........................................................... Centromedon productus (Goës, 1866) - Lateral cephalic lobe subacute; epimeron 3 produced into an acute tooth, not strongly upcurved........................ 3 3. Coxa 1 tapering strongly, sub-triangular; gnathopod 1 propodus sub-triangular, palmar angle obscure................... 4 - Coxa 1 tapering weakly; gnathopod 1 propodus sub-rectangular, palmar angle distinct............................... 5 4. Lateral cephalic head lobe short, sub-triangular; dactyls of pereopods 3 and 4 longer than propodus; article 4 of maxillipedal palp ... : Published as part of Horton, Tammy & Thurston, Michael, 2011, Centromedon zoe (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Uristidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the North Atlantic, with a key to the genus Centromedon, pp. 54-62 in Zootaxa 2869 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277530 ...