Macrostylis, G. O. Sars, 1864

Vey, Aidan & Brix, Saskia, 2009, Macrostylis cerritus sp. nov., a new species of Macrostylidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean *, Zootaxa 2096 (1), pp. 356-370 : 367

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.21

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5334754

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F787EC-AD61-5C2B-FF2A-853458933A67

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scientific name

Macrostylis
status

 

Key to the Southern Ocean species of Macrostylis View in CoL

1 Pleotelson rounded laterally.......................................................................................................................................... 4

- Pleotelson not rounded laterally ................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Pleotelson laterally straight, with plumose setae ................................................................................. M. hirsuticaudis

- Pleotelson not laterally straight, without plumose setae............................................................................................... 3

3 Cephalon quadrate, pleotelson with lateral indentation............................................................................ M. bifurcatus

- Cephalon triangular, pleotelson slightly produced .................................................................................... M. spiniceps

4 Pereonites 5–7 and pleotelson dorsally setulose.......................................................................................... M. setulosa

- Pereonites 5–7 and pleotelson not dorsally setulose..................................................................................................... 5

5 Pereonite 7 and pleotelson with dorsal spine-like setae ................................................................................... M. sarsi

- Pereonite 7 and pleotelson without dorsal spine-like setae .......................................................................................... 6

6 Pereonites 1–7 subequal, 5–7 with postero-lateral spines .............................................................. M. cerritus sp. nov.

- Anterior pereonites wider than posterior pereonites..................................................................................................... 7

7 Distinct postero-lateral spines on pereonites 4–7, cephalon anterior edge straight............................ M. vinogradovae

- Small postero-lateral spines on pereonites 4–7, cephalon anterior edge slightly rounded .................... M. bipunctatus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

SubOrder

Asellota

Family

Macrostylidae

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