Normanion

Key to the genus Normanion 1. Maxilliped palp 4 -articulate, article 4 rudimentary; palp reaching well beyond tip of inner plate. Gnathopod 1 propodus broader than long. 2 - Maxilliped palp 3 -articulate, reaching only to tip of inner plate. Gnathopod 1 propodus subequal in length and breadth, or sl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kilgallen, Niamh M., Myers, Alan A., Grath, David M
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Opisidae
Normanion
Myers
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6262838
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262838
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Summary:Key to the genus Normanion 1. Maxilliped palp 4 -articulate, article 4 rudimentary; palp reaching well beyond tip of inner plate. Gnathopod 1 propodus broader than long. 2 - Maxilliped palp 3 -articulate, reaching only to tip of inner plate. Gnathopod 1 propodus subequal in length and breadth, or slightly longer than broad. 3 2. Eyes present . N. amblyops - Eyes absent . N. abyssi 3. Gnathopod 1 propodus palm smooth and striated, not denticulate. 4 - Gnathopod 1 propodus palm distinctly denticulate . N. chevreuxi 4. Uropod 3 rami subequal. Telson entire . N. ruffoi - Uropod 3 rami distinctly unequal. Telson slightly emarginate . N. quadrimanus Published as part of Kilgallen, Niamh M., Myers, Alan A. & Grath, David M, 2006, A revision of the North Atlantic amphipod genus Normanion (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 1363 on page 20, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.174732

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