Megamphopus Norman 1869

• Main Authors: Bakir, Kerem, Sezgin, Murat, Myers, Alan A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Isaeidae; Megamphopus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186299; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F587F6FFB22B6AFF4DFBF4FD502D1F

Megamphopus Norman, 1869 Diagnosis. Head with lateral lobes strongly produced, subocular margin strongly recessed. Mandible palp article 3 spatulate, shorter than article 2. Antenna 1 peduncle article 3 longer than article 1; accessory flagellum very small but distinct. Coxa 2 the largest, especially in male; coxae 3–7 relatively shallow. Gnathopods subchelate; male gnathopod 2 greatly enlarged. Uropod 3 rami longer than peduncle. Telson broad with a strong robust seta on each lateral crest. Remarks. Megamphopus can be distinguished from all other genera within the Gammaropsis –group of genera, by its differentially enlarged male gnathopod 2 coxa. Published as part of Bakir, Kerem, Sezgin, Murat & Myers, Alan A., 2011, A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov. (Crustacea: Peracarida: Photidae) from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey), with a key to the species of Megamphopus in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated Seas, pp. 63-67 in Zootaxa 2791 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207651