Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009, gen. nov.

Nymphodora gen. nov. Type species: Mirabilicoxa fletcheri Paul & George, 1975 Species composition. Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) comb. nov. (monotypic). Diagnosis. Body 4.3 times longer than pereonite 2 width, tergits laterally expanding in marginal flanges. 5-segmented antenna...

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Main Author: Kaiser, Stefanie
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Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5334638
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5334638
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Summary:Nymphodora gen. nov. Type species: Mirabilicoxa fletcheri Paul & George, 1975 Species composition. Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) comb. nov. (monotypic). Diagnosis. Body 4.3 times longer than pereonite 2 width, tergits laterally expanding in marginal flanges. 5-segmented antenna 1 with bulbous terminal article, article 4 with distolateral projection. Pereopod 1 shorter, but more robust than pereopods 2–7. Pereopods 5–7 without natatory setae. Pereonites 6, 7 and pleotelson fused dorsally, pereonites 6, 7 or operculum without ventral spine or projection. Posterior margin of operculum strongly rounded. Uropods biramous, endopodite long, projecting posterior margin of pleotelson; exopodite minute. Published as part of Kaiser, Stefanie, 2009, Nymphodora gen. nov., a new genus of Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea) from the high Arctic *, pp. 371-380 in Zootaxa 2096 (1) on page 372, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.22, http://zenodo.org/record/5322094