Posophotis Barnard, 1979

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.15190522

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F364B09-BEA3-5747-993C-0660E65DDEA8

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scientific name

Posophotis Barnard, 1979
status

 

Genus Posophotis Barnard, 1979 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Antenna 1 accessory flagellum 2 - or 3 - articulate (possibly with tiny additional article). Head cephalic lobe subacute. Coxae elongate, large, and overlapping. Dactylus of maxilliped short, stubby, setose apically. Gnathopod 1 small, weakly subchelate, carpus slightly longer than propodus. Gnathopod 2 broad, subchelate, posterior margin of propodus broadly lobate, anterior margin of propodus slightly longer than posterior margin, palm oblique, sculptured. Uropod 3 peduncle elongate, rami styliform, slightly shorter than peduncle, one-articulate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

ParvOrder

Caprellidira

SuperFamily

Caprelloidea

Family

Photidae