Cerapus Say, 1817

Sir, Sally J. & White, Kristine N., 2025, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part IV: parvorder Caprellidira, ZooKeys 1234, pp. 151-205 : 151-205

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:015A0803-9479-4905-8A7D-FECF01495883

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15190490

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scientific name

Cerapus Say, 1817
status

 

Genus Cerapus Say, 1817 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Body subcylindrical. Rostrum produced. Antenna 1 peduncle article 1 expanded, wider than articles 2–3. Mandibular palp reaching beyond incisor process, tri-articulate. Coxae 1–4 discontinuous. Gnathopod 1 subchelate. Male gnathopod 2 carpochelate. Female gnathopod 2 subchelate, lacking stout setae. Pereopod 5 geniculate at merus; merus posteroventral margin produced. Pereopod 7 longer than pereopod 6. Pleopods 2 and 3 inner ramus shorter than outer. Uropod 1 inner ramus shorter than outer ramus. Uropods 2 and 3 uniramous. Telson cleft.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

ParvOrder

Caprellidira

SuperFamily

Caprelloidea

Family

Ischyroceridae