Sophrosyne Stebbing 1888

• Main Authors: Lowry, J. K., Stoddart, H. E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Sophrosynidae; Sophrosyne; Lowry; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5314940; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5314940

Key to species of Sophrosyne 1. Epimeron 3, posteroventral corner rounded. 2 - Epimeron 3, posteroventral corner angled. 7 2. Telson entire . S. integricauda - Telson cleft. 3 3. Gnathopod 2 palm large. S. peartae - Gnathopod 2 palm small. 4 4. Mandibular palp article 2 with D2-setae. 5 - Mandibular palp article 2 without D2-setae. 6 5. Mandibular palp article 3 with D3-setae; uropod 2 without robust setae on rami. S. californica - Mandibular palp article 3 without D3-setae; uropod 2 with robust setae on at least one ramus. S. cantractia 6. Gnathopod 2 palm convex; pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly. S. robertsoni - Gnathopod 2 palm concave; pereopod 6 coxa not lobate posteriorly. S. antarctica 7. Gnathopod 2 palm large. S. murrayi - Gnathopod 2 palm small. 8 8. Pereopod 7, basis posteroventral lobe extending beyond ischium. 9 - Pereopod 7, basis posteroventral lobe not extending beyond ischium. 10 9. Maxilliped palp article 2 broad; pereopod 6 coxa strongly lobate posteriorly. S. hispana - Maxilliped palp article 2 slender; pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly. S. rodondo 10. Pereopod 6 coxa strongly lobate posteriorly. 11 - Pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly. 13 11. Mandible palp article 2 broadened distally. S. ledoyeri - Mandible palp article 2 slender. 12 12. Mandible palp articles 2 and 3 with D-setae; telson longer than broad. S. inverarae - Mandible palp articles 2 and 3 without D-setae; telson about as long as broad. S. ruffoi 13. Maxilliped palp article 2 slender (length about 2.4 x breadth); telson moderately cleft (about 38%). S. moorei - Maxilliped palp article 2 broad (length about 1.8 x breadth); telson deeply cleft (about 67%). S. abyssi Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2010, Sophrosynidae, a new family in the Lysianassoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with a revision of the genus Sophrosyne, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 2370 (1) on page 5, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2370.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5306939