Caprellidae

• Main Author: Guerra-García, José M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Caprellidae; Indian; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277123; https://zenodo.org/record/6277123

Key to the Caprellidae of Mauritius The species key provided can be used without dissection. McCain (1968) includes a lateral view of a generalised caprellid showing the names of the different parts. Consultation of these figures could be useful for the use of the key 1. Pereopods 3 and 4 absent.. Antenna 2 setose ........................... Caprella scaura (Fig. 2) – Pereopods 3 and 4 present, although very reduced. Antenna 2 not setose....... 2 2. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused................................................................................................ 3 – Pereonites 6 and 7 not fused.......................................................................................... 4 3. Body with dorsal projections ....................................... Metaprotella sandalensis (Fig. 8) – Body dorsally without dorsal projections............. Metaprotella mauritiensis (Figs. 4–7) 4. One or two dorsal projections on the head.................................................................... 5 – Head smooth without projections.................................................................................. 6 5. Two acute projections dorsally on the head. Pereopods 3 and 4 reduced but visible..... ...................................................................................... Orthoprotella australis (Fig. 10) – Only one dorsal projection on the head. Pereopods 3 and 4 very reduced. Very small size........................................................................... Noculacia sp (Fig. 9) 6. Gnathopod 2 setose, pereonites 5–7 short and robust. Abdomen not visible in the lat­ eral view .................................................................................. Paracaprella sp (Fig. 11) – Gnathopod 2 not setose, pereonites 5–7 elongate. Abdomen projections visible in the lateral view......................................................... Hemiaegina minuta (Fig. 3) : Published as part of Guerra-García, José M., 2003, The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 232 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998 : {"references": ["McCain, J. C. (1968) The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the western North Atlantic. United States National Museum Bulletin, 278, 1 - 147."]}