Linguimaera Pirlot, 1936

Linguimaera Pirlot View in CoL

Linguimaera Pirlot, 1936: 309 .–Krapp-Schickel, 2003: 258.

Type species. Linguimaera pirloti Krapp-Schickel, 2003 , replacement name for misidentified type species.

Diagnosis. Head with anteroventral slit; eye ovate to reniform. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum short, significantly less than half length of primary flagellum. Mandible palp article 1 not produced distally; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 long, rectolinear. Maxilla 1 inner plate with mainly apical setae. Gnathopod 1 coxa anteroventral corner produced, acute or subacute. Gnathopod 2 significantly enlarged in male, not in female; left and right gnathopods asymmetrical in male; palm acute in male and female, male one propodus with well defined corner, the other propodus with poorly defined or no corner, female with poorly defined corner or no corner in either propodus; dactylus with 1 or 2 setae on anterior margin. Pereopods 5–7 dactyli simple. Epimeron 3 posterior margin serrate. Uropod 3 rami about 2× peduncle, distally truncated, apical robust setae short; outer ramus 1-articulate. Telson emarginate, without robust setae on outer margins, with apical robust setae, apical robust setae long.

Species composition. Linguimaera boecki (Haswell, 1879b) ; L. bogombogo Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. caesaris Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. eugeniae Schellenberg, 1931; L. garitima Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. hamigera (Haswell, 1879b) ; L. kellissa Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. leo Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. mannarensis Sivaprakasam, 1970 ; L. octodens (Sivaprakasam, 1968) ; L. pirloti Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ; L. schickelae n.sp.; L. thomsoni (Miers, 1884) ; L. tias Krapp-Schickel, 2003 .

Distribution. Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean.