Caprellinoides Stebbing, 1888

Peart, Rachael A. & Woods, Chris, 2025, Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Aotearoa New Zealand waters: a constantly changing landscape, Zootaxa 5568 (1), pp. 1-65 : 55

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5568.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F7A323AB-AE2A-480D-8B76-9FEEB5CD6184

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14705076

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2187D4-FFB4-FF98-01BE-C4F221AFF9C7

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scientific name

Caprellinoides Stebbing, 1888
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Caprellinoides Stebbing, 1888 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Flagellum of antenna 2 of two–six articles, swimming setae absent. Mandibular palp three segmented, setal formula for distal article 1-x-1, molar absent. Outer lobe of maxilliped longer than inner lobe. Gills on pereonites 2–4. Pereopods 3 and 4 absent. Pereopod 5 three-articulate, inserted slightly posterior to midlength of pereonite 5. Abdomen of male and female with pair of bi-articulate appendages, penes lateral.

Type species. Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888 View in CoL (type by monotypy)

Species composition. Three species: Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888 View in CoL , Caprellinoides singularis Guerra-García, 2001 c View in CoL , Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888 View in CoL .

Remarks: De Broyer et al. (2004) notes that Caprellinoides is a difficult genus to assess and the current distinctions between the species are not clear.

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