Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) macsweenyi, a new species of Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) from mangroves in Florida
Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) macsweenyi n. sp., is described from a tidal mangrove creek in Dania Beach, Florida. Of the four currently recognized species of Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) Lang, 1956, K. macsweenyi most closely resembles K. crassus Menzies, 1953, a congener from the Pacific...
| Published in: | Zootaxa |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Mangolia Press
2003
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| Online Access: | http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.357.1.1 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.357.1.1 |
| Summary: | Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) macsweenyi n. sp., is described from a tidal mangrove creek in Dania Beach, Florida. Of the four currently recognized species of Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) Lang, 1956, K. macsweenyi most closely resembles K. crassus Menzies, 1953, a congener from the Pacific coast of Mexico. K. macsweenyi is distinguished from this species by having a rounded rostrum. It can be distinguished from the other three members of the subgenus by: the shape of the pereonites and the fixed finger of the female chelipedal propodus being approximately two-thirds the length of the dactylus. K. macsweenyi is unique in having a smooth and blunt triangular projection coming off the fourth peduncular antennal article. |
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